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Making the extra effort to camp at the Alpamayo Base Camp pays off when you make the morning hike up to the actual beginning of technical climbs up the peak. You are rewared with a silt green lake half encircled with jagged peaks and a calving glacier at the far end of it.
Written Feb 25, 2003
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One more bonus of leaving the main trail is coming across a herd of wild horses as we did on our way to the Alpamayo Base Camp.
Written Feb 25, 2003
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One more bonus of leaving the main trail is coming across a herd of wild horses as we did on our way to the Alpamayo Base Camp.
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While Huaraz dominates the tourist trade of the Cordillera Blanca, smaller towns like Caraz are starting to realize the lure of gringo dollars and are slowly developing the infrastructure to help pry...
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Caraz is a small town on the way from Chimbote to Huaraz , just after passing the cañon del Pato. Compared to Huaraz, Caraz is much less touristic and is still worthwile : people wear the most...
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Trekking to the base camp of the so named and so many tmes pictured mount Alpamayo, it's a life tme experience. 3 days hiking from Caraz, a little town nested at the feet of the huge Andes in central...
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