Report 10 July

Report of Thursday 10 July
Report by Benno en Thecla

After all the exertions of the rough roads and the height Dirk feels himself a little feverish, so he takes a day of rest. Together with Trudy he goes to the local Indian market.
Thecla and I decide to do a day hike in the surrounding mountains to a glacier lake Churup on 14000 ft. A collective bus takes us and ten other Indian women to the place Pitec, where we start the three hour hike up to the lake. The views are breathtaking even as the steepness, so we reach only the lake after five hours hiking. It feels good to let your body do some work.
The descent is a lot more easy, but if we reached Pitec the collectivos are all gone, so we have to walk through the fields back. Suddenly Thecla gets attacked by a dog in her leg and she gets very confused. Emotional we walk the last 12 kilometers to Huaraz.
Rabies is common here so in the evening a doctor visit Thecla and he cares for the vaccination.

starting point Pitec 

after an half hour climbing 

reached lake Churup 

how nice.. 

lake Churup 

nicer… 

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view on the way 

luckily full moon