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Title: Ausangate at 5000m, Peru

Four times I made the trek around Ausangate. This is six days and five nights, without road, without seeing anyone except the members of the party you are traveling with. On the third day one reaches the pass that a little bit down gives a beautiful view on the mountain. With some imagination you may see a feline figure lying on the ridge of the mountiain. For me it would be the last time to experience this. I was mesmerised by the view, and talking to my paqo ( shaman master) he literally said: :”I had to be striked by lighting to become a paqo, but you are chosen by the mountain himself”. For him this was what mattered.