Venezuela – Andy
16.11 - 7. 12. 2002
Venezuelské Andy – Mérida, Pico Humboldt, Los Nevados
16.11. – 7.12.2002
Photos from Andes - NP Sierra Nevada
Sunrise in the mountains
Sunrise moves out fears from dark in forest, insect and snakes in hungry wilderness
Dark and dead tropics
Walking up thru wide valley, first look on the Pico Humboldt
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Pico Humboldt - our "Highest Peak", 4965m. we believed we will climb it and we did
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Lago Verde, 4000m, first night in Andes
No pictures for 3 days. Digital camera didn´t worked, but a lot of analog pictures follows. Trekking from Lago Verde up to lake, climbing Pico Humboldt and return to base camp close to lake. Next day climbing steep stonefield up to saddle and moving to the basecamp under Pico Bolivar, desorientation and descent 750 alt. meters down. Camping. Climbing back next morning, reaching Pico .. (top station of Teleferico), trekking down the hill to road to Los Nevados.
Rocks down the hill
Exposed Pathways
Mellon of mellons. Kick to carry and bring out this mellon via peaks of Andes was done.
The Mellon, last think I needed that time