The Blank Plate

There will be many more stories to come, but this is the first post about our Lares Trek.  As you can see, the landscape is beautiful, but here are the basics.   The trip was 32 kilometers or 19.9 miles in two days for hiking.  We started at 9,999 feet and went to the campground at 15,419 feet for an elevation gain of almost 5,500 feet on one day.  We carried light packs weighing somewhere in the 20 pound area.  That night was something else to explain later.  The highest part of our hike was a whopping 4900 meters (16,075 feet).  We descended from 16,075 to 10,960 (a total of 6,115 feet).  We broke camp at around 6:30 arriving in the Hot Springs camping ground in Lares around 5:00 PM.  The thermal pools were most welcome!