The last 4 days we spent in the national park "Lauca" which lies in the very north of Chile near the bolivian and the peruvian border in the altitude of 4.600m. This fact kept us out of breath all the time :-) We slept in "Putre" which lies at "relaxing" 3.600m and drove up to the nationalpark each day by car.
The scenery was really stunning: one vulcano next to the other, all of about 6.100m hight and more. The park is already part of the "Altiplano" which stretches into Peru and Bolivia. For european people it seems incredible that in an altitude of about 4.600m the is "a plain"! There are pastures, grazing llamas, lakes, streets, small villages, higher mountains around ... and the air is very thin and its very cold :-) !
Yesterday we ascended the "Cerro Guane Guane" which is 5.097m high and we are proud of it, because although we departed from "only" 4.600m it was still a struggle to climb the remaining 497m where there was not even a proper way but instead we had to find the best way for ourselves. The park ranger we asked the day before for an existing map or the way, looked at us in amazement and said "Just go up!" ...o.k....hm...and so we did! And were rewarded with the most wonderful panorama and an incredible strong headache from the hight afterwards :-) ...
But it was worth it!
Just look at the pictures and you will agree!
We miss you! How are you all?? Write us! What`s new at home?
Kisses, Renate
The scenery was really stunning: one vulcano next to the other, all of about 6.100m hight and more. The park is already part of the "Altiplano" which stretches into Peru and Bolivia. For european people it seems incredible that in an altitude of about 4.600m the is "a plain"! There are pastures, grazing llamas, lakes, streets, small villages, higher mountains around ... and the air is very thin and its very cold :-) !
Yesterday we ascended the "Cerro Guane Guane" which is 5.097m high and we are proud of it, because although we departed from "only" 4.600m it was still a struggle to climb the remaining 497m where there was not even a proper way but instead we had to find the best way for ourselves. The park ranger we asked the day before for an existing map or the way, looked at us in amazement and said "Just go up!" ...o.k....hm...and so we did! And were rewarded with the most wonderful panorama and an incredible strong headache from the hight afterwards :-) ...
But it was worth it!
Just look at the pictures and you will agree!
We miss you! How are you all?? Write us! What`s new at home?
Kisses, Renate
1 comment:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
das ist so irre, dank euch für die geschichten und bilder und hoff es geht so weiter. danke auch, dass ich jetzt wieder ein ziel hab.
alles gute, gute, gute!!!
die tine
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