Monday, January 28, 2013

The Pastoruri Glacier: Getting High

One of my last days in Huaraz I took the trip up to Pastoruri Glacier. It's at 5000m, which is pretty damn high. Getting there, you pass through some gorgeous high-plateau grazing land before climbing up into some seriously stark and savage moonscapes.

One of the dudes was warning us tourists about the dangers of altitude, which was mostly just for show to get us to buy the coca leaves and coca-leaf tea from these girls at a restaurant with whom he clearly had some kind of arrangement. But of course I bought some anyway. He was explaining how to chew them, putting them beside your gum, but I was like, "Dude! I'm a grown-ass man, I think I know how to take drugs in my mouth!"

Not many stories for today, just lettting the views speak for themselves:


(I was listening to this on headphones while I took in the landscapes that day, shit was oddly and powerfully stirring) 







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