• Eloy the horseman securing gear onto a mule wearing a doo rag, Jasutina Pass, 13,420', trek day 1
  • View from the trail below Jasutina Pass, trek day 1
  • Trail view at Km. 12.920 beyond Huancacalle, trek day 1
  • Perched at the edge of trail waiting for the slow photographer, trek day 1
  • Jonathan, 15-year old nephew of the cook's assistant, also finding work as a photographer's assistant
  • Waterfall on Quebrada Marampampa, trek day 1
  • High Andes above campsite, start of trek day 2
  • 360-degree solar halo, trek day 2
  • Julio (cook's assistant), Seferino (cook), and Jonathan (Julio's nephew), trek day 2
  • Guide Alex contemplates the options as cook Sefe crosses barefoot, trek day 2
  • Alex chooses to ride, Km. 19.860 from Huancacalle, trek day 2
  • Waiting in the mist at Pumaccasa Pass, 14,780'
  • Descending with Eloy and Alex at the end of trek day 2
  • Off we go at 6:45 a.m., trek day 3
  • Descent through the jungle, 7:30 a.m., trek day 3
  • Clearing clouds over Sacsara River valley, 11,070', trek day 3
  • Trail and stream are one, trek day 3
  • Above the Sacsara river, trek day 3
  • Butterflies on the trail, trek day 3
  • End of the trek at Yanatile, waiting for transport
  • Eloy and Nick in Yanatile
  • Alex on the way to Hidroelectrica, trek day 3
  • On the way to Hidroelectrica, end of trek day 3
  • Public phone in Santa Teresa