Sunday Mar 9 |
 | Mountainbike 3:05:00 [3] 25 km (7:24 / km) +680m 6:31 / km | |
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| biked to mancara and up towards a laguna but were both tired and therefore turned around way early, taking it easy in the afternoon.... |
Saturday Mar 8 |
| Trail Run 1:04:00 [3] 6.2 mi (10:19 / mi) +235m 5:44 / km | |
| shoes: BrooksCascadiaT Nr1 |
| ran up towards pitec and turned around at 37 min, either very good uphill or slow downhill run, either way i was tired and worked by the end... elevation is now not a big deal anymore.. tomorrow we re thinking about going up to 5000 meters with the bikes.. we ll see how the weather holds too... |
Thursday Mar 6 |
| Hike 4:45:00 [2] 22 km (12:57 / km) +100m 12:40 / km | |
| shoes: BrooksCascadiaT Nr1 |
| 3rd Day, long distance hiking day down the valley... really cool trekking jumping over super deep creeks that formed where no bridges were present... got done around 2pm and went back to huaraz, getting a warm shower, yeehaw! |
Wednesday Mar 5 |
| Hike 7:15:00 [3] 18 km (24:10 / km) +1200m 18:08 / km | |
| shoes: BrooksCascadiaT Nr1 |
| Day 2, big day climbing from 3600 meters to 4760 meters (15600 feet), in some of the most heinous conditions of driving sleet and rain, carried yumays pack the last 20 minutes as she was starting to feel the altitude, which got my load to about 90-100 lbs at 15600 feet, that was just about level 5 of my capabilities... after that we tried to descend rapidly on slick rocks to loose as much altitude, we hiked about 9h day day, with few breaks, and once in camp still had to cook for 4 people (took almost 2h) as the rest were clinically dead... but totally worth it, some of the nicest views i have ever seen when the weather cleared up in the evening.... |
Tuesday Mar 4 |
| Hike 2:10:00 [2] 8 km (16:15 / km) +250m 14:03 / km | |
| shoes: BrooksCascadiaT Nr1 |
| Day 1 of the St. Cruz Trek, Massive 45km trek through the highest andes mountains, the cordillera blanca. Trekked with Yumay, Will, and Adrian for 3 days, carrying around 50-60lbs pack, including a 2p tent, subzero sleeping bag, food for 4 days and 2 people, and lots of water. Started at Vaqueria after the most horrifying and amazing bus ride ever, where we ascended from 2200 meters to 4800 (16000 feet) straight up, pitted fire road with no safety, one slight error of the bus driver and we would have fallen into the valley.... anyhow after that we did about 3h of light trekking with a lunch break before the rain started pouring, so we called it a day way early... |