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Jagged Horizon perfectly describes an area to the east of Chachapoyas that Nick Fletcher and Rob Dover first hiked in 1997. It is an area of intense beauty and solitude – a harsh wilderness on the edge of the north eastern Andes. The rocky mountains reach up to 4000m, and between are lakes and bogs. Warm air rushes up from the Amazon plain just to the east and clouds quickly form changing the weather in minutes. That is why we love these mountains, and over various trips we have discovered more reasons to return.
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The First Little Adventure Day 3
When you start looking there is more to see. After the work the day before we hiked further up the valley for just over an hour. Were we already slacking? No way! A little way beyond our camp on four … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, chachapoyas, gps, guinea pigs, mapping, terraces, Vilaya Tours
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Falling for History
We devise a simple process: Rob stands at a ruin with the GPS and I take a photo of him standing there looking like he’s calling his mum for a lift home. I shout out the photo number and he … Continue reading
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Tagged 60CSx, adventure, canon 5d, chachapoyas, mapping, terraces, trek, vilayatours
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THE FIRST LITTLE ADVENTURE- day 2
EMERGENCE Like butterflies, we emerge from our ripstop cocoon. The feint Sun peers at us reluctantly, and decides to let her evil cousins The Clouds lead the day. It rains. Well, at 3000 metres we’re effectively living in The Clouds … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, chachapoyas, clouds, porridge, terraces
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THE FIRST LITTLE EXPEDITION cont.
The Dark Thank heavens for technology or curse it? A few years ago in the days of rubbish head-torches and 1 hour batteries, we would have slept in a stable. (Yup that’s what we have done… Rob gets the manger). … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, chachapoyas, katmandu head torches, night hike, trek
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THE FIRST LITTLE EXPEDITION
Pedal to the Metal Our trip starts with a 6 hour drive from Chachapoyas to X. The longest straight stretch of road must last about 22 feet, the tarmac is over before it’s begun, Rob drives at a speed more … Continue reading
Andean “Bermuda” Triangle
The First Time to Jagged Horizon In 1997 during my first month in Chachapoyas, I read a locally written guidebook about the area. In one section it mentioned a range of mountains where twelve planes had supposedly crashed and hence … Continue reading
Nick in Peru: A rundown of the first week
Rob writes: Nick arrived in Pedro Ruiz with an enormous bag of camping, of gadgets and camera gear (more about those later). Both of us are fired up for yet another trek in to the mountains to the east. We … Continue reading