Friday, July 31, 2009
day 192 - km 12884
la union - puente san juan (chavanillo)
58.72km 955 alti meter
the big gold fever might be over, but some still have a little high temperature.
in every little village are parties because of the independence day perus.
as much as we look at the landscape and the people, some people are really interested in way we "live on the road".
58.72km 955 alti meter
the big gold fever might be over, but some still have a little high temperature.
in every little village are parties because of the independence day perus.
as much as we look at the landscape and the people, some people are really interested in way we "live on the road".
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
day 190 - km 12756
rio pachacoto - highcamp @ 4650m aprox. km 40
32.53km 944 alti meter
i thought that the difficulties on this route will be the climbing on dirt roads,
but the most problems i had were the temperatur and the elevation. the road gets a little better after the first pass at 4823m. -6 degrees C and high altitude cause not much sleep for me. above 4000 meters i get problems breathing and i have to take the cycling easy.
32.53km 944 alti meter
i thought that the difficulties on this route will be the climbing on dirt roads,
but the most problems i had were the temperatur and the elevation. the road gets a little better after the first pass at 4823m. -6 degrees C and high altitude cause not much sleep for me. above 4000 meters i get problems breathing and i have to take the cycling easy.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
day 165 - km 11997
15km after celendin - cajamarca
92,54km 1060 alti meter
one more pass up to 3760 meters with more amazing mountain views.
35km before cajamarca to something i haven´t seen for a "long" time
- paved road -
i tried to break the distance / elevation from el tingo to cajamarca into doable portions. this is a little difficult with inaccurate maps and road descriptions but worked out quite well.
92,54km 1060 alti meter
one more pass up to 3760 meters with more amazing mountain views.
35km before cajamarca to something i haven´t seen for a "long" time
- paved road -
i tried to break the distance / elevation from el tingo to cajamarca into doable portions. this is a little difficult with inaccurate maps and road descriptions but worked out quite well.
day 164 - km 11884
choloqui (half way camp) - 15km after celendin
52.60km 1621 alti meter
2nd part of the climb to 3100 meters before dropping down to celendin at 2600 meters. in celendin i met the people from "orange" a b&b again, who offered help / informations in leymebamba and later in balzas. (www.celendinperu.com)
52.60km 1621 alti meter
2nd part of the climb to 3100 meters before dropping down to celendin at 2600 meters. in celendin i met the people from "orange" a b&b again, who offered help / informations in leymebamba and later in balzas. (www.celendinperu.com)
day 160 - hiking day
el tingo - kuelap - el tingo
20km 1200 alti meter
a 10km uphill hike on which we passed some indigenous people carring goods on horses. interesting ruins on the mountain top in a cloud forest area.
we hitched some rides on the way down on the 37km long mountain road.
on this occasion we met some other travelers i saw a couple days ago in a bus stuck in the mud before the peruvian border.
20km 1200 alti meter
a 10km uphill hike on which we passed some indigenous people carring goods on horses. interesting ruins on the mountain top in a cloud forest area.
we hitched some rides on the way down on the 37km long mountain road.
on this occasion we met some other travelers i saw a couple days ago in a bus stuck in the mud before the peruvian border.