PERÚ (Cordillera Blanca)

It is a challenge for the pursuit of mountaineering, with altitudes from 5.495 to 6.795 meters. These place have technical levels from very easy to extremly difficult, one of the principal reason to be there, because is a place for everyone. However all climbing here is a high altitude, so anyperson requires technical knowledge. Besides the usual trekking equipment is a rope, ice axe, ice stakes or screws.

The trekkers generally don´t experience anything more soroche, but at highher altitudes serious complications can occur, like:

- Edema pulmonar; when the lungs begin to fill with fluid, and the symptons include a dry, cought, a ratting sound, and tightnees in the chest.
- Cerebral Edema; when loss cordination, incoherent speech, confusion and loss the energy. The only cure is a descent immediate.

Here the abstract concept of forever seems to become tangible, and the climber encounters a series of gentle inclines. This is an adventure unforgettable for the climbers or chancy and extreme people.

By: Luisa Fernanda Avellaneda.