{"id":34685,"date":"2019-07-23T11:21:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T17:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=34685"},"modified":"2019-07-23T11:25:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T17:25:42","slug":"bolivia-2019-acclimatizing-in-bolivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/23\/bolivia-2019-acclimatizing-in-bolivia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia 2019: Acclimatizing in Bolivia"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are well into our Bolivian climbs and I want to announce a change for the Alzheimer’s fundraising<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thus far I’m very impressed with the mountains of Bolivia.\u00a0Our Mountain Madness team of eight with two guides spent the first week in Bolivia touring the city of La Paz before moving to the lakeside city of Copacabana on Lake Titicaca. We took hikes up to 13,200’\/4023m for acclimatization and took in some extraordinary views of the area.<\/p>\n

On the way out of La Paz we had a nice view of Illimani at 21,122 ft \/ 6,438 m the highest mountain in Bolivia\u2019s Cordillera Real east of La Paz.We hope to summit it on July 29, 2019.<\/p>\n

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Illimani from La Paz by Alan Arnette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Copacabana on Lake Titicaca<\/h2>\n

Lake Titicaca borders Bolivia and Peru. It’s acknowledged as the world’s highest, largest lake and\u00a0often called the “highest navigable lake” It sits at 3,812\u00a0m (12,507\u00a0ft).<\/p>\n

There is a tremendous amount history associated with the lake pre-dating the Incas. According to Wikipedia,\u00a0in 2000, a team of international archaeologists found the ruins of an underwater temple, thought to be between 1,000 and 1,500 years old, perhaps built by the Tiwanaku<\/a> people. The ruins have been measured to be 200 by 50\u00a0m (660 by 160\u00a0ft).<\/sup><\/p>\n