cordillera blanca, Peru

went trekking through the santa cruz trek, a four day walk through the cordillera blanca. about eight hours north of lima. amazing place.

that be the ticket for the national huascaran park on the left

getting to Pastoruri for some ice climbing

ready to walk and climb w/ Ed and Gavin. lovely suits ain't they?

oh yeah. it was hiiigh.

but...

pastoruri

me scaling the 20-25 m ice wall.

on top of a broiken off cactus. they get up to 12 m tall.

santa cruz starts

llanganuco lakes

paul, aka poo-man.

paul, me, darragh, ed and a donkey

our campsite down there.

w/ Daniel, our guide.

that is the paramount pictures mountain in the background. can't recall it's name.

some hard earned thirst.

yes, i know you can spot 'it'

another campsite

mah legs