Andean Ascents

12/02/2020

A new study revealed that indigenous territories store more than half the carbon in the Amazon forest.

06/02/2020

A beautiful contribution to the city of La Paz

10/01/2020

Super images !

Des forêts luxuriantes aux montagnes enneigées des Andes, les paysages de Bolivie fascinent. Mais la nature peut aussi y être profondément inhospitalière : avec ses 10 000 kilomètres carrés, le salar d’Uyuni est le plus grand désert de sel du monde. À la saison des pluies, il se transform...

18/12/2019

Cholita power

Bolivia’s climbing cholitas—Aymara women who cooked for mountaineering teams and then began climbing themselves—became well-known around the world for summiting 6,088-meter Huayna Potosí. In January a group of the traditionally dressed women made it to the top of 6,961-meter Aconcagua. A few of them have become passionate climbers, doing some of the more difficult routes on Huyna Potosí and training as guides. In this photo, two of the women are participating in a training exercise with Socorro Andino Boliviano, the local mountain rescue group. Photo by Alex von Ungern of Andean Ascents.

12/07/2019

https://www.fodors.com/world/south-america/bolivia/experiences/news/were-convinced-bolivia-is-the-most-magical-place-on-earth

What it's like to explore the Andean salt flats at Salar de Uyuni, Laguna Colorada, Valley of the Moon, and other magical adventures in Bolivia.

01/07/2019

Big diversity of hummingbirds !

Galeria de los Colibries del Peru..