Highest Peak

Hear we are at ¨Dead womans pass¨ This is the highest peak that we reached on day two of our trek. 4215 masl, or 13,886 ft. There is very little air up here. The locals sell you Cocoa leaves to chew on, which are said to supress your appetite, and help you deal with the altitude. These are the same leaves used to make the drug cocaine. But here the leaves are legal. Many people here use it to make tea as well. As you can see that it is very steep. For those of you that have done the grouse grind, this is about the same intensity but 3-4 times longer and with backpacks of 7-20 kg. This particular part of the trek took me 3:51 min., but took other members of our group of 12, up to nueva horas.(9 hrs.)