The usual intestinal issues (yahoo for the Cipro) and acclimitization
problems slowed us down. However yesterday we had a spectacular climb
up Pisco. It took us just under five hours to tag the summit
(18,900'), which is under guidebook time, and so I believe we are
pretty well adjusted to the altitude. As you can see the solar
radiation is intense (thus my French foreign legion hat) and the
terrain is burly, with the north face of Huascaran behind me ... It's
one of the biggest walls in the world.