I took this photo of Lake Churup, with Mount Churup in the background in the Peruvian Andes near Huaraz. The mountain peak in the distance is 5495 metres (18,028 ft), and the lake where I'm taking the photo from is just over a 1000 metres below the summit. This was as far as I got though, I didn't have the equipment or the knowhow to safely climb any higher. And to be honest, I was already starting to feel the effects of altitude sickness. I was happy enough to get this photo, and lucky with the weather as it completely clouded over about fifteen minutes later.
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