February 28 - Train to Lake Titicaca
Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Climbing From La Paz
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On the Altiplano
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Lake Titicaca
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Lake Titicaca, a name that is a source of endless amusement to countless prepubescent boys, is a real place. 12,500 feet above sea level. To get from Guaqui on the Bolivian side to Puno in Peru requires an overnight boat ride. Great, I thought, I get to be seasick two and a half miles above sea level. |
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Two and a half miles above sea level. Clear and dry. No lights. The best part of the southern sky overhead. Absolutely overwhelming. |
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Created 15 February 2000,