Oh my God, if I had thought to ask my son, Sean, how difficult this walk was, when he told me about how great it was, I may have thought twice about it.....Firstly, I was travelling with a friend and we didn't want to really spend too long in Huaraz, where all the walks originate.
So we went along to an agent, who we found out later wasn't that great but gave us a good price and we started at 7:30am the next day (which turned into 9am as Peruanas never start on time!). Everyone does the Santa Cruz walk so we decided to do something harder ( why????) Not sure but why do what everyne else is doing - also there had been a mud slide on the Santa Cruz walk so some parts weren't accessible....
First day was slowly heading up to 4150 metres where we made camp (this was higher than the 4095metres that Mt Kinabalu, in Borneo was and I swore I would never do that again ;-) - I found it sooo challenging with the altitude with serious fatigue most of the day but but we came across of others who said that it was an easy day :-( - that didn't make me feel good at all. We had arrived in Huaraz and didn't stay for a few days before the climb to acclimatize so it was understandable that we weren't feeling well.
The scenery was great and so were the other 2 people and the guide, Abel, so that made it lovely.
Day 2 we walked up to the pass at 5280m through snow - only up to our knees then after seeing the beautiful 240 degree mountainous view we started down as I think the guide was aware that once the sun went down it would be very cold....and it was....
So we went along to an agent, who we found out later wasn't that great but gave us a good price and we started at 7:30am the next day (which turned into 9am as Peruanas never start on time!). Everyone does the Santa Cruz walk so we decided to do something harder ( why????) Not sure but why do what everyne else is doing - also there had been a mud slide on the Santa Cruz walk so some parts weren't accessible....
First day was slowly heading up to 4150 metres where we made camp (this was higher than the 4095metres that Mt Kinabalu, in Borneo was and I swore I would never do that again ;-) - I found it sooo challenging with the altitude with serious fatigue most of the day but but we came across of others who said that it was an easy day :-( - that didn't make me feel good at all. We had arrived in Huaraz and didn't stay for a few days before the climb to acclimatize so it was understandable that we weren't feeling well.
The scenery was great and so were the other 2 people and the guide, Abel, so that made it lovely.
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| It looks really easy but at 4000metres every hill is a slight challenge.. |
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| Our first fireside thanks to Simon (the cute Londoner) and Laurence (from Quebec) |
Day 2 we walked up to the pass at 5280m through snow - only up to our knees then after seeing the beautiful 240 degree mountainous view we started down as I think the guide was aware that once the sun went down it would be very cold....and it was....
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