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ajfis2: The trekking begins
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ajfis2: Early in the trek
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ajfis2: View back down the valley
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ajfis2: Looking back
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ajfis2: Roads and ridges
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ajfis2: So far to go!
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ajfis2: The aqueduct trail
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ajfis2: Taking a well-needed break
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ajfis2: Our guide crosses the gravel
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ajfis2: So... hard... to... breathe...
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ajfis2: I have never seen the Southern Sky in such glory
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ajfis2: Early morning light on the mountains, day two
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ajfis2: Campsite - 3700 m
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ajfis2: Leaving the relative warmth of the camp
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ajfis2: Our noble packhorses
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ajfis2: Climbing...
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ajfis2: Salkantay getting closer...
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ajfis2: Moraine to the right
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ajfis2: Campsite still visible (just)
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ajfis2: Preparing for the push to the pass
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ajfis2: Our indefatiguable cooks/porters/horse handlers
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ajfis2: Rugged landscape
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ajfis2: Side of the moraine
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ajfis2: Taking flight
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ajfis2: Salktantay Pass - 4600 m
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ajfis2: Salkantay Pass - 4600 m
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ajfis2: Offerings to the apu
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ajfis2: Moraine
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ajfis2: A good place for lunch
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ajfis2: A flock of alpacas