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| June 5, 2007 - This was our toughest day. Among the challenges: hiking up some 4000 ft straight up Warmiwañusca Pass at 13,776 ft. (4,200 mt.). Grace asked me to not hike too fast and to stay with her. I thought the request was reasonable, especially considering that this was our honeymoon. Nevertheless, for Grace, she still thought she was going to die several times on the trip. In many spots, she was very tired and thought that a misstep in any of several places would have ended in death or serious injury. The hike itself was a little harder than I expected. I was also surprised to find how cold it got at places. In consolation, we did get great weather and great views. On our descent from Warmiwañusca Pass, I went ahead a little and walked with Ian. Ian and I had a wonderful conversation about China first and later about democracy in general. Grace would later scold me for going ahead, claiming that she was rarely more thirsty in her life than that hike down to camp at Pacaymayo.... Today we again had wonderful food. For lunch, we had onion beef stir fry, salad, as well as asparagus soup. For dinner, we had potato soup, chicken spaghetti, and pudding desert. At night, we did some star watching. The camp yesterday was in a deep valley and hence was not as conducive to lazy star gazing as today's. Besides seeing the milky way, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, various constellations, I also saw at least three shooting stars before we finally turned in for bed. |
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