Author: neil
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Huaraz, PE
Day 26: Laguna 531 We’ve ascended to glacial lakes in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca mountain range by a couple of different methods: group tours (Paron, 69) and completely-independent bike-and-hike (Churup). Our fourth (and likely final) ascent, to Laguna 513, was a bit different. For some reason, there is no high-volume infrastructure for funneling tourists to Laguna…
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Huaraz, PE
Days 14-21 A few days after Rett’s crash, we needed to move out of Eva/Nancy’s aptly-named “Cozy House” AirBNB, because someone else had the temerity to book it for three nights. To allow for the changeover/cleaning process between when we returned, we booked a week at another AirBNB. It was a a few blocks closer…
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Huaraz, PE
I often lament, facetiously, that other bike tourers are far better at collecting “stories” than we are. The best of those stories span a wide dynamic range, usually involving risk or danger, but then also rescue and humanity. Due to our risk-tolerance being lower than average, few of our stories would draw the interest of…
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Huaraz, PE
Day 11 All the exhilaration and anguish that our lifestyle can bring was compressed into this one very long day. It began with a repeat of our ride from five days ago, up 2400 feet on paved PE-14A to Pitec, and the trailhead to Laguna Churup. The ride was just as excellent, and in a…
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Huaraz, PE
Day 9: Laguna Paron Unlike our previous three expeditions from Huaraz, we didn’t build in a rest-day after yesterday’s bike ride, and in fact were waking up at 5am. But, we wouldn’t be pedaling our bikes anywhere. Instead, a van was taking us on a multi-hour drive to Laguna Paron, a turquoise alpine lake. Rett…