Sorry for...

the radio silence, I´ve been pretty busy and it takes a lot of time to upload these pics. Well we´ve started our first weeek of medical care and visited two remote Andean towns in the last two days. But you´ll hear enough about that going forward so I´ll get you up to speed with what we did last week in the Canyon. We climbed into and out of Colca Canyon which seems to be one of the deepest (these all depend on definitions of course) but lets just say that the difference between the top point and bottom is 3191 m (that´s over 9,000 ft.) which is more than double the depth of the Grand Canyon (around 1500 m difference). Given the fact that this difference ocurs from 4000 to 1000 m the altitude can really get a hold of you. Let´s just say it was not easy and that it really freaked me out for my plans later this summer, but of course there´s only one way to see what happens. We did not climb the entire 3100 m, our max altitude being 3,400 m (10,200 ft.) and minimum being 2,150 m (around 6,400 ft give or take), however in covering we did this by hiking 22km in two days on top of the altitude. Also, before we entered the canyon we got to see some Condors taking flight for morning breakfast. These birds are HUGE, and have a 10.5 ft wingspan, making it the largest of terrestrial birds. I´ll make another post with pics... I hope Everyone is doing well and I look forward to hearing from you along my adventures....