2 base camp

Today was a leisure hike up from just past llamacorral at 12400 to basecamp at 14200. Felt great, better than yesterday`s hike. Breakfast was great and then we headed out. It was hysterical to be passed by our pack of burros- mine was in the lead again of course. I shall refer to him as burro el mas rapido . After hiking up the valley, we turned left and entered the hanging valley and a series of switchbacks . At the top, was another plain where a scattered mix of burros cows and horses meandered along the river beds. In the background, Quitaraju, Alpamayo and Artesanraju stand over the valley. At basecamp, Alfredo has made an awesome lunch. It`s tough roughing it. Tomorrow is a gear haul to moraine camp.

Burro scratching


Arriero's dog


Something else