Cordillera Negra

No rest for the weary here in Huaraz! Our new group of climbers, Joe Suntum, Larry Siu, Dave Strauss, and Steve McNally, arrived yesterday morning, and they were just a little too excited to spend the normal two days in town, acclimatizing and organizing. So we decided to take our good friend Julio Olaza up on his offer to go mountain biking in the Cordillera Negra. We loaded his brand new full-suspension bikes onto a local collectivo and drove to a little over 14,000 feet.

Our Alpamayo Expedition in Peru always seems to have the challenge of seeing how many forms of transportation we can use. Of course there is the plane to Peru, and the bus to Huaraz. There’s lots of walking, and even one day of riding horses (that’s to come still). Yesterday, we added a new form – mountain bikes. Three days ago, the group arrived into Peru smoothly, and all of our logistics were quickly organized by the end of Sunday. So on Monday we decided to get some acclimatization in.