Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Bienvenidos a Peru
After the storm smashed through Tahoe last week I was able to get my first turns if the season up at the Mount Rose ski area, the grassy slopes offer obstacle free skiing, even when we´ve only got 8 inches or so. Friday we hustled down to Mammoth for the opening day free ticket fiasco, and had a great day of mid-march skiing, er, waiting in line, and skiing a little. Free skiing is awesome, especially in October. I hope the weather cooperates and allows them to remain open for the season. Saturday was some of the best conditions of the year for mountain biking and I took what I hope was my last ride of the season. On Saturday afternoon we drove to San Fransisco where we had dinner with my girlfriends sister and went to SFO for our flight to Peru.
Our flight left SFO just past midnight on saturday, after layovers, and typically travelliung problems we arrived in Lima, Peru at 10:30 pm on Sunday night. We spent the night in a hotel in Miraflores which is one of the nicer part of this otherwise poor city. It reminded me a lot of San Fransisco, except on a big cliff over the ocean, and everyone speaks spanish.
The Miraflores district is the upscale area of Lima, they have nice parks everywhere, and the flowers are in full bloom since it is springtime. This time of year they get fog that can last all day. We cruised around and checked out the sights on foot.
The city is located on a clif about 2-3 hundred feet above the Pacific, and there are sweet looking mellow waves along the entire beach. Since we heard that swimming in the ocean near Lima we opted to hold off on surfing until later in our trip when we´ll be near cleaner water. The locals weren´t scared and it looked like there were certainly some long chest high rides to be had. At 10:30 pm we hopped on a bus to get the heck out of Lima and head to the mountains. Our bus ride from Lima to Huaraz was 8 hours and we arrived early in the morning. Huaraz is a city located at the foot of the Cordillera Blanca, the second tallest mountain range in the world. At 10,000 feet, the town of Huaraz is dwarfed by the surrounding peaks. Unfortunately in the picture below, the clouds had rolled in and covered the view of the peaks, but it is pretty impressive.
Above is a view from the roof of our hostel where we will be posting up for a few days doing day hikes and checking it out. We´re going to do a 4 day trek through the Cordillera´s where we will get up to 17,000 feet. I will also do some reconnaisance for a future attempt to ski some 20,000+ foot peaks down here. The season to ski down here is May-July after their rainy season. Right now is the end of their dry season and the peaks are mostly covered in ice and weird snow, plus travelling for several weeks with our ski gear is way more of a hassle than it is worth for one descent. 
Cheers, for now we´ll be drinking Peruvian beers and Pisco Sours. I´ll keep you updated on our adventures as they happen. I send wishes of snow to you in Tahoe, I hope to be skiing when we get back in mid-November.
Our flight left SFO just past midnight on saturday, after layovers, and typically travelliung problems we arrived in Lima, Peru at 10:30 pm on Sunday night. We spent the night in a hotel in Miraflores which is one of the nicer part of this otherwise poor city. It reminded me a lot of San Fransisco, except on a big cliff over the ocean, and everyone speaks spanish.
The Miraflores district is the upscale area of Lima, they have nice parks everywhere, and the flowers are in full bloom since it is springtime. This time of year they get fog that can last all day. We cruised around and checked out the sights on foot.The city is located on a clif about 2-3 hundred feet above the Pacific, and there are sweet looking mellow waves along the entire beach. Since we heard that swimming in the ocean near Lima we opted to hold off on surfing until later in our trip when we´ll be near cleaner water. The locals weren´t scared and it looked like there were certainly some long chest high rides to be had. At 10:30 pm we hopped on a bus to get the heck out of Lima and head to the mountains. Our bus ride from Lima to Huaraz was 8 hours and we arrived early in the morning. Huaraz is a city located at the foot of the Cordillera Blanca, the second tallest mountain range in the world. At 10,000 feet, the town of Huaraz is dwarfed by the surrounding peaks. Unfortunately in the picture below, the clouds had rolled in and covered the view of the peaks, but it is pretty impressive.Above is a view from the roof of our hostel where we will be posting up for a few days doing day hikes and checking it out. We´re going to do a 4 day trek through the Cordillera´s where we will get up to 17,000 feet. I will also do some reconnaisance for a future attempt to ski some 20,000+ foot peaks down here. The season to ski down here is May-July after their rainy season. Right now is the end of their dry season and the peaks are mostly covered in ice and weird snow, plus travelling for several weeks with our ski gear is way more of a hassle than it is worth for one descent. 
Cheers, for now we´ll be drinking Peruvian beers and Pisco Sours. I´ll keep you updated on our adventures as they happen. I send wishes of snow to you in Tahoe, I hope to be skiing when we get back in mid-November. Peace,
Jeremy
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