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Hi. This is Rachel calling from Bolivia, with an update from team tears of the donkey. We are camped tonight at our base camp about 14700 feet. We made the drive out from La Paz here today. It’s a pretty bumpy long-winding drive on dirt roads for the reward is getting to this gorgeous camp at a beautiful spot right now. It’s dark and so we can see across layers of hills and then Lights of the city way in the back, it’s a spot where we’ve had some of the best sunsets of the entire trip. So we’re going to be climbing up to the high camp tomorrow. And the day after that will be our summit attempt of Illimani. We are on to our last peak of the circuit of peaks in Bolivia. And we’re looking forward to a couple of  big days and early mornings coming up.

Buenos noches!

The team will take a rest day in La Paz tomorrow before heading out on Sunday to Illimani to attempt the final peak on our circuit of mountains in Bolivia. Meanwhile, here are a few photos from our spectacular climb on Chachacomani!

Rachel

The team took a rest day in Condoriri following our successful summit of Pequeño Alpamayo. And, as evidence that this crew shouldn’t be left with too much time on our hands, we reached a unanimous decision to change our team name to Team Tears of the Donkey. It seems that our llama obsession has now evolved into a donkey infatuation.

We are spending the night in La Paz and heading out to the Chachacomani valley tomorrow. Meanwhile, enjoy a few photos from the Condoriri valley!

Ah, and please note that none of the donkeys we saw in Condoriri were crying and all were affectionately fussed over…

Saludos!

Rachel