We arrived in Huaraz which was surrounded by snow capped mountains called Cordillera Blanca and Alex was like a kid in a sweet shop - deciding what we were going to do while we were there. There were so many options of treks and climbs but we only had limited time there. We had spoken to Amy and Sym on Skype and they were going through the Panama Canal in 5 days time and needed line handlers. We ended up booking flights from Lima to Panama City! (very excited to be going back to the boat..I want to live on there!)
Back to Huaraz.. we finally decided we would do a 3 day mountain climb called Urus. I was really nervous after jelly legs last time.
When we were booking it a Dutch boy called Ronnie came in to book a trek and we convinced him to join us.
First day was a four hour walk to base camp which was pretty straight forward, then it was sleep for a couple of hours and get up at 2am to start the climb. It was really hard and Ronnie and I both struggled with altitude. Alex was like Mr Motivator as usual powering it up the mountain, jumping around taking photos!
As soon as we reached the snow I had a new lease of energy as I knew it must mean we were near to the summit, We reached the top around 9.00am and the weather was perfect, you could see for miles..it all seemed like the hard work was worth it..and then we had to walk back down!!
We were sleeping an extra night so I just got back to the tent and was exhausted while Alex was trying to convince the guide to do another summit with him...nuts.
Ronnie arrived down shortly after and collapsed in his tent with just his boots hanging out of the door which made me feel better!
It was my first mountain, and I loved being on the snow with crampons.
We were both reluctant to leave Huaraz but it was one overnight bus and then we were flying to Panama.
Room with a view!
Sunrise
Romol, our guide...
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