Getting Ready for Clinic Day One, Andes
Fernando Ortega, MD
The Clouds are Coming
Onward to Chilcanchi
There's only one reason to shift weight like this when you're riding through the mountains in a pick-up truck...
Out of the Clouds
To Chilcanchi Part Dos, On Foot
The Flat Terrain
Descent into Chilcanchi
The Clinic, The Campsite
"Lunch" time... Erm, Granola Bar Time
Setting Up the Pharmacy
Intake
Farokh Working His Station
Logan Playing Doctor
Clinic Doesn't End When the Sunlight Ends
Our Pharmacy
Alex demonstrating her 7 shirts before we went to sleep. She's also wearing Leandro's extra pants.
Bagging It
Hen Soup Breakfast!
Leaving Chilcanchi
Our Escort Up the Mountain
Up and Up and Up
...and Up
A Break For Oxygen
Team Chilcanchi
Long Way Down
Farokh and Pepe
Dr. Stone, Peeling Off a Layer
Top of the Footpath
People Further Up the Mountain
Our Clinic: The Little Blue Building in the Valley
My Lovely Pack + Bag + Yoga Mat
The Little Truck... That Couldn't
Go, Truck, Go! Over the Washed out Ravine...
The Little Engine that Couldn't: On Foot
Farokh and Dr. Stone Holding Down the Fort
Dr. Stone Bracing Our Bags
This was an easier drive with gravity's assistance.
Logan
Our Truck Just Kept Driving... So We Continued to the Top On Foot
The Road
Taking a Shortcut to the Top
The Truck That Couldn't, Waiting Patiently at the Top
Guangaje
