{"id":207,"date":"2023-05-24T21:08:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T21:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lostgringo.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2023-05-24T21:26:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T21:26:18","slug":"2nd-day-may-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/24\/2nd-day-may-22\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd day. May 22."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>packing up camp in the morning. Just above Laguna Viconga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" src=\"http:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_075959990_HDR-1024x485.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_075959990_HDR-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_075959990_HDR-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_075959990_HDR-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_075959990_HDR-1536x728.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_075959990_HDR-2048x970.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_075959990_HDR-1568x743.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Camping at an old home site. Far from roads now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>taking a few hours to pass around the lake. We stopped to let this mule train go by. We clearly just turned on to one of the busiest gringo backpacking trails. All this was to support foreigners trekking and their camps. This was the first of about half a dozen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"blob:http:\/\/lostgringo.com\/fada1af7-6db8-420d-bcce-b3b47206e092\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some much pushing of the bikes today. Finally made it to our our second high pass of the trip. 16,000ft. This one was brutal. The views were enough to make it worth while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" src=\"http:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165023870_HDR-1024x485.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165023870_HDR-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165023870_HDR-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165023870_HDR-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165023870_HDR-1536x728.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165023870_HDR-2048x970.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165023870_HDR-1568x743.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Tyler grunting up the last push of the pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" src=\"http:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165030446_HDR-1024x485.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165030446_HDR-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165030446_HDR-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165030446_HDR-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165030446_HDR-1536x728.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165030446_HDR-2048x970.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230522_165030446_HDR-1568x743.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>if you can read the name of the pass on the sign then you&#8217;re ahead of me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>the mountain views are of Siula Grande and it&#8217;s neighbors. Seen of the movie touching the void.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>walk down the other side of the pass. And pitch the tent just before darkness. We were definitely toasted after today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>packing up camp in the morning. Just above Laguna Viconga. taking a few hours to pass around the lake. We stopped to let this mule train go by. We clearly just turned on to one of the busiest gringo backpacking trails. All this was to support foreigners trekking and their camps. This was the first&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/24\/2nd-day-may-22\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2nd day. May 22.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214,"href":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions\/214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostgringo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}