Buenas dias,
after a slightly earlier start to the day, everyone was up organising breakfast
from 7:00. This early start allowed everyone to get a decent breakfast of porridge
and fried egg, which was sufficient energy to start our hardest trek so far. After
a minor mishap with some thieving rodents, a lesson was learnt within the group
in terms of the breakfast menu. This was a learning curve; we began to grow and
thrive as a group. Food is essential for
high team morale.
Today’s
acclimatisation trek began in the sun and continued throughout. This trek
proved to be challenging and everyone began to adjust to the climate and the
challenging terrain. We progressed from base to the summit of Mount Pukara- 3750meters.
After arriving back from the trek a set team
of six went into Muchachi to buy the remaining food for our five-day trek; this
was an interesting experience as we had to buy food from the Spanish speaking
locals in the market.
The day
ended with a great meal of Bombay spuds, pasta and chorizo cooked by Cameron,
Jake and Paddy. Everybody was in high spirits after a hearty feed, and we hit
the hay early before the start of gargantuan main trek tomorrow morning.
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