Although La Paz is at 12,000 feet, I needed some additional acclimatization before heading into the big mountains. So I headed to Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat. Here you can see salt construction.
Salt building
We toured for three days
We drove across this vast, 6 inch deep, lake for ages
Obligatory flamingo shots
Close encounter with a fox
A viscacha, related to the chinchilla
Geysers over 15,000 ft
Incredible rocks throughout the tour
Getting into the mountains, we had burros and a cook
Pequeno alpamayo. We took the steepest line extending straight down from the summit
Alex overcoming a rock band on the Pequeno Alpamayo direct
Me following one of the pitches. Photo: Alex von Ungern
We attempted Cabeza de Condor (back right) but turned around as I had stomach issues. We circumnavigated the peaks on the left during our descent.
Cabeza de Condor
The whole Condoriri massif. We attempted Cabeza in the center.
The Cordillera Real rising from the plains. Our next objective is Chachacomani, center right
