Colombia
Alto La Cueva

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    • Day 38

      El cocuy trek day 1: cabana el pulpito

      September 12 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      First day, after a quick visit of el Cocuy and filling the registration formalities of the park we went to a refuge at 3800m to acclimate and we did a small hike (3h with 300m of elevation) to warm up and prepare our bodies. And I already had a blast with the landscape with that small "hike".

      Unfortunately my camera is half broken at the moment so I can't control the aperture and all my lenses are locked to the maximum aperture. Can still take pictures in daylight with small iso and shutter speed but it clearly limits my flexibility.

      There are a lot of issues with the local natives that want to close the park, the park will be closed for two month at the end of September but there is already rumours that it will be closed for far more times, I may be one of the last lucky guys to do those trails for an undefined amount of time.

      Tomorrow going to Laguna Grande de la Sierra, 4600m high for a 1000m elevation gain.

      5pm here at 3600m and it is already super cold, can't wait to froze at 4500+ 😅 after the horrendous heat of Santa Marta and Leticia, I guess my body will take some times to recover from this trip.
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