So What =IS= That Photo?

We thought we should explain what that photo is that is at the top of our blog. In May, we went on a hike in Peru up into the Andes on the way to Machu Picchu (about which we will have more to say later). Along the way, at the highest point of the hike, we crossed a pass below Mt. Salkantay. The mountain itself is more than 20,000 feet high and has only been climbed twice that anyone knows of. The pass (where this photo was taken) is at 15,300 feet (4,600 meters) and this photo "celebrates" the fact that we got to the top of the pass.