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Towards Punta Union, Santa Cruz trek (Day 2)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:51:57 -0700

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Poor visibility the whole day as I climbed up the valley sides. Photo from about 4300 metres.

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Portachuelo Llanganuco, Santa Cruz trek (Day 1)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:51:56 -0700

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Driving up the Portachuelo Llanganuco pass road (4,767 m / 15,639 ft). Yikes.
Nevado Chopicalqui (6,354m / 20,846 ft) and Nevado Huascaran (6,768m / 22205 ft) in the background.

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Artesonraju, Santa Cruz trek (Day 4)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:08 -0700

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Artesonraju (6,025 m / 19,767 ft) which many consider to be the mountain featured in the Paramount Pictures logo.

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Quebrada Huaripampa, Santa Cruz trek (Day 1)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:51:57 -0700

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An easy trail down the peaceful Quebrada Huaripampa.

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Portachuelo Llanganuco, Santa Cruz trek (Day 1)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:51:56 -0700

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Quebrada Huaripampa, Santa Cruz trek (Day 1)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:51:57 -0700

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Wild camping next to the river at the end of day 1.

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Landslide, Santa Cruz trek (Day 3)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:06 -0700

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View of the landslide damage in the Santa Cruz valley. The slide reached as far as the lakes 8 kilometres away.

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Landslide, Santa Cruz trek (Day 3)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:04 -0700

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Distant view of the landslide in the Santa Cruz valley.

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Quebrada Huaripampa, Santa Cruz trek (Day 2)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:51:58 -0700

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I forget the name of these rabbit-like creatures.

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Punta Union panorama, Santa Cruz trek (Day 3)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:03 -0700

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Panorama from Punta Union (4,750 metres / 15,583 feet).

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Towards Punta Union, Santa Cruz trek (Day 3)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:00 -0700

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Trying to find Punta Union in snow and low visibility.

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Descending Punta Union, Santa Cruz trek (Day 3)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:03 -0700

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Landslide damage, Santa Cruz trek (Day 4)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:11 -0700

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The boundary line. On the left, lush green forest. On the right, the path of destruction wreaked by the landslide.

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Punta Union, Santa Cruz trek (Day 3)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:01 -0700

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Punta Union is the only route through the sheer rock walls separating the Quebrada Huaripampa valley and the Quebrada Santa Cruz valley. At 4,750 metres (15,583 feet) it is the highest point on the Santa Cruz trek. And this morning I am the first and only one up here.

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Descending, Santa Cruz trek (Day 5)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:13 -0700

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Many large and unstable looking landslides scar the path down to Cashapampa.

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Half-buried Tree, Santa Cruz trek (Day 4)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:12 -0700

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A half-buried tree makes it clear just how much debris filled this valley.

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Alpamayo, Santa Cruz trek (Day 4)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:09 -0700

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Alpamayo (5,947 m / 19,511 ft), once voted "the most beautiful mountain in the world" (though I think they were talking about the west face, not this - the south face).

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Rinrijirca, Santa Cruz trek (Day 3)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:05 -0700

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Glacier on Nevado Rinrijirca (5,810 m / 19,061 ft).

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Santa Cruz trek (Day 3)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:51:59 -0700

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Somewhere up there lies Punta Union, the only pass between this valley and the next. Better hope I find it...

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Towards Laguna Arhuaycocha, Santa Cruz trek (Day 4)

nobody@flickr.com (tik_tok) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:09 -0700

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Climbing up to Laguna Arhuaycocha (4420 m / 14,500 ft). Good views back down the Alpamayo valley, with Artesonraju (6,025 m / 19,767 ft) in the background.

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