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Photo taken for the community-based tourism project Rutas del Sur developed in Venezuela by the Programa Andes Tropicales fundation.
Foto tomada en el marco del proyecto de turismo de base comunitario Rutas del Sur desarrollado en Venezuela por la Fundación Programa Andes Tropicales.
Photo prise dans le cadre du projet de tourisme de base communautaire Rutas del Sur développé au Venezuela par la fondation Programa Andes Tropicales.
An incredible sight of the Andes during the shooting of Beagle, in the search of Darwin.
Uspallata, Mendoza, Argentina.
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We're now out of the Sacred Valley (Urubamba mountain range) and into the Vilcabamba mountain range. Perhaps this is Huayanay or Humantay?
Surface temperatures in the high-altitude areas of the Tropical Andes have increased of ~0.1°C per decade over the last 50 years (Vuille et al., 2015). This warming has resulted in the altitude of the freezing level height (zero-degree isotherm) rising by an average of ~45 m across the region (Bradley et al., 2009).
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NJCU’s 18th annual “Festival of the Andes,” an outdoor festival celebrating the indigenous highland cultures of Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and Colombia, will feature: live Andean music and performances by various dance troupes; musical instrument and dance workshops; displays of native clothing and Andean arts and crafts; a
September 15, 2016 - In preparation for tomorrow's visit to Machu Picchu we visited the Inca fortress of Ollantaytambo located in the Sacred Valley. It is located at 9,160 feet above sea level.
"The huge, steep terraces that guard Ollantaytambo’s spectacular Inca ruins mark one of the few places where the Spanish conquistadors lost a major battle.
The rebellious Manco Inca had retreated to this fortress after his defeat at Sacsaywamán. In 1536, Hernando Pizarro, Francisco’s younger half-brother, led a force of 70 cavalrymen to Ollantaytambo, supported by large numbers of indigenous and Spanish foot soldiers, in an attempt to capture Manco Inca.
The conquistadors, showered with arrows, spears and boulders from atop the steep terracing, were unable to climb to the fortress. In a brilliant move, Manco Inca flooded the plain below the fortress through previously prepared channels. With Spaniards’ horses bogged down in the water, Pizarro ordered a hasty retreat, chased down by thousands of Manco Inca’s victorious soldiers.
Yet the Inca victory would be short lived. Spanish forces soon returned with a quadrupled cavalry force and Manco fled to his jungle stronghold in Vilcabamba.
Though Ollantaytambo was a highly effective fortress, it also served as a temple. A finely worked ceremonial center is at the top of the terracing. Some extremely well-built walls were under construction at the time of the conquest and have never been completed. The stone was quarried from the mountainside 6km away, high above the opposite bank of the Río Urubamba. Transporting the huge stone blocks to the site was a stupendous feat. The Incas’ crafty technique to move massive blocks across the river meant carting the blocks to the riverside then diverting the entire river channel around them" The previous text is attributed to Lonely Planet's website.
View of Cerro El Muerto (right-of-centre), with Nevado Ojos del Salado behind (to the left of El Muerto).
My mate Geoff moonwalking through the Andes. We slept on the dirt floor of these kids classroom. Then threw a frisbee around. Amazing trip.