Blue-green jewels tucked between the jagged peaks of the Peruvian Andes.
The team arrived at base camp on Thursday, July 5. They trekked past the spectacularly beautiful Santa Cruz Lakes, blue-green jewels tucked between the jagged peaks of the Peruvian Andes. Then the team turned up into the hanging valley that sits beneath Alpamayo, setting up their base camp at tree-line, approximately 13,500’/4,115m. The report from our team via satellite text:
“Team is feeling good- a couple small headaches (from altitude) but the team is stoked!”
The team is currently stationed at base camp. Yesterday they climbed to 16,200’/4,938m to set up Moraine Camp…