In memory of Victor Correa of Guican

November 7, 2012 Reviews and tributes 8000m peaks, altitude sickness, andes, climbing fatalities, cocuy circuit, colombia, himalayas, juan carlos gonzalez, manaslu, nepal, obituaries, ritacuba blanco, sierra nevada del cocuy, victor correa 10 Comments

In memory of Victor Correa of Guican

It made me very sad to hear about the last fatality on Manaslu this year before the weather closed in and the Himalayan climbing season ended for the winter. Eleven people had already died in a huge avalanche on the

Cocuy Circuit trek: You say cojones, I say cojines

January 11, 2012 Trip reports andes, andes world, cocuy circuit, cojines, colombia, frailejones, glacial erosion, global warming, gps, jagged globe, juan carlos gonzalez, neal short, ritacuba blanco, sierra nevada del cocuy, thierry levenq, trekking 6 Comments

Cocuy Circuit trek: You say cojones, I say cojines

Walking Colombia’s classic trek, and an ascent of Ritacuba Blanco “I’ve always associated Colombia with drugs and gangs,” a colleague said to me after I returned to work last week following my Christmas trekking and mountaineering holiday in the country.