Spokes and Shoes
Day #326 – 2026-09-07 – Oxygen is Optional: Touching 4,910 Meters on the Altiplano
Intro The alarm went off at 05:00 in Chivay, a cold slap to the face with the thermometer hovering at 2.7°C. Today was about one thing: a 1,628-meter vertical climb onto the high Altiplano, mostly on paved but unforgiving gradients, testing whether my lungs could still function at nearly five […]