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Explore Rainbow Mountain, a striking geological formation located in the high Andes near Cusco, Peru. Also known as Vinicunca ...

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We arrive in Cusco, Peru, with several hours to kill before hotel check-in, so we do what we came here for — we start walking ...

Getting to see a glacier on a climb is a humbling — and increasingly rare — encounter with overwhelming beauty. Glaciers carry tens of thousands of years of compacted snow and ice, creating a ...