Fossil Alpinism

We did over 60 kilometers and 15,000 vertical in our four days on the TMB. We had some long days (7-8 hours). We had some great lunch and di...

I have a short layover in Madrid, and the size, pace, and shear retail energy is a big change from the Lima airport. Until August 5th I i...

Today we have a 9 hour bus ride to Lima, then and overnight bivy in the airport, and finally tomorrow a flight to Geneva. It has been an inc...

Everything was fantastico. The southern end of the Cordillera Blanca was awesome; the Andean Geese were nice; our lunch spot next to the riv...

Pictures by Josephine:

This archeological site is 3000 years old. It is considered the mothership of all Peruvian culture. Research and excavation is ongoing. The...

Hiking up Lake Wilcacocha and visiting the archaeology museum with a group of NCS alumni and friends.

Is the Lima airport bivy scene. Because flights come in, and out, at odd hours, and choice of bus times are minimal, you can count on at lea...

Heading to Lima. Lucy took a last sunset picture in the mountains, and then sunrise hill intervals on the Rataquenua, and then finally a pic...

Tomorrow we head to Lima. However, this morning Lucy headed out for a 90 minute run up to Lake Toclla, and then we did the 13.5k hike ba...

Another terrific day, hiking up to Lago Ishinca at just about 16000'. (Lucy ran some of the uphill and almost all the downhill.) Gr...

Hiking into the Refugio Ishinca at 4,300 meters. I may be off line for a couple of days.

Feeling a lot better than yesterday, but I turned back well before Laguna Llaca. However, the views were outstanding, I managed to run more ...

A much needed rest day. I suffered from a touch of Atahualpa's revenge, and so wanted to stay in close proximity to a bathroom. Two sess...

Too many 6000 meter peaks to get into one picture! From left to right what you can see here: Santa Cruz, Huandoy, Huascaran, Copicalqui, and...

https://semi-rad.com/2019/07/it-could-be-worse/ David Hochschartner (Hock)

Day 3 of my warmup trip in the Cordillera Blanca was delightful. We did the classic warmup hike to Laguna Churup - 7k and 2,300' - that ...

An enjoyable 15k - out and back - run in Quebrada Quilcayhuanca, which is nicknamed the Valley of the Condors. (We did not see any condors, ...