Sarah Kaplan THE WASHINGTON POST – The path to Pastoruri glacier is gruelling. At more than 15,000 feet above sea level, the wind is fierce and the sun unforgiving. Although the trail isn’t steep, I find myself gasping for breath in the thin mountain air. The dry, bitter cold makes my nose bleed. And the […]
Huascaran National Park: The path to Pastoruri glacier is grueling. At more than 15,000 feet above sea level, the wind is fierce and the sun unforgivi.
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Pastoruri in Peru is one of more than 100,000 glaciers around the world that are destined to vanish this century, even if humanity does its utmost to halt climate change.