Off into the sunset …

After lunch we headed uphill to Runkurakay Pass (S 13°13.6′ W 72°30.3′), which I felt was the hardest bit of the day. It’s almost as high as Warmi Wañusca (around 3950m), and there were sections of the track that were 1 in 2, with steep steps. It was slow hard going, especially in the wet.

Near the […]

The second day of the trek was one of the toughest days of walking I’ve ever done. In total, we climbed about 1500m (so, if you like, up Mt Wellington from sea level — and then some — using the steepest ways imaginable apart from actually climbing the vertical Organ Pipes, and with some oxygen deprivation […]