Day: August 15, 2019

I spent my childhood in the mountains. Well, not quite. To be painfully exact, I spent it at 29 m.a.s.l. a stone’s throw from the fjord. But, what I meant to say is that I grew up BETWEEN the mountains. And, as I remember it, I used to climb them quite frequently. Which amounts to […]
Visitors to Cusco will have been offered a day-trip to Mount Vinicunca, popularly known as the ‘Rainbow Mountain’. While technically possible, doing this in one day requires the sacrifice of significant human comfort. For one, you will have to be ready outside your hotel at 3:30 AM. The only circumstance when it is acceptable to […]