Josh

The big man at Llamacorral

Josh is about the same age as Adrian. He's a big, tall guy. Amazingly strong and he has tremendous endurance. Plus, he's a wild man on a mountain bike. While at first blush, one might think Josh is really a 21 year old, it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that he has an uncanny ability to make good decisions. Unlike me, Josh looks for the most fun option first and then decides if that's the right option, or should he go for something more toned down. It's good to have someone around who pulls me out of the "safe" decision mode.

What's more important is his high level of positive energy. When it gets to be "go time", he's fully firing and ready to jump in both feet first. On virtually every difficult part of this trip, Josh has carried more than his fair share of the load--which helped me continue on.

What was a surprise to me was how good Josh's Spanish is. He was able to fit right in. Does Josh have an Achilles heel? Si. Please see the section post on "Travel in Peru". Nothing more to be said.

I suspect he's going to have a long and very rewarding mountaineering career.