On Christmas day 10 years ago I went up to the high mountain pass that heads up out of La Paz, cuts through the Andes, and heads down to the jungle. We hiked up a ways from the road and found this wild horse. Probably not the smartest thing to take a picture next to. I estimated we were at about 16,ooo feet elevation. The highest point I've ever been. Christmas time is in the summer in South America and I would guess temperatures were in the 40's on that day.
This is a picture of a typical street in the city of El Alto, located in the high plains above La Paz. It is a very desolate and melancholy town. Most people there commute down to La Paz to work. The mountain in the distance is 20,000 foot Huayna Potosi.
On Christmas day 10 years ago I went up to the high mountain pass that heads up out of La Paz, cuts through the Andes, and heads down to the jungle. We hiked up a ways from the road and found this wild horse. Probably not the smartest thing to take a picture next to. I estimated we were at about 16,ooo feet elevation. The highest point I've ever been. Christmas time is in the summer in South America and I would guess temperatures were in the 40's on that day.
This is a picture of a typical street in the city of El Alto, located in the high plains above La Paz. It is a very desolate and melancholy town. Most people there commute down to La Paz to work. The mountain in the distance is 20,000 foot Huayna Potosi. 
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Johnny, I hate to say it, but you look so weak and kind of sickly. Maybe you weren't feeling too great that day? Or maybe I just never really saw pictures of you your mission. I mean I know you lost weight while you were out there, but wow.
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