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FROI{ BUtrNOS AIRES TOPelu: extra powcr for the climb.r,,it:tet.1. But the lack of- r -. - '':ie-i. prolonged f or rnore' r , ii llronth and a half, was- r I its the lack of blead.-r t,, 'firtt' t'ccollr.So for pro,- -- rr- ltrl in lrurrting. On the: ,--, iirrr lriateans \\-e encoun---:-: i :rleat hercls of sheep and..r- rii. tlrc onl,v lir.ing things---:-. 0ccasional conclor.s irrr:-,: iiig'h solitutles, whert::-.it . lo]' fonr. ot fit-e clar-s, we- r t,rt, ]rurnarr lleirrgs.I trie tleserts of Peru, l'hcle- -ri.-rtt' I'ains, we sufferecl ter-- -'.- florn thirst. A little be-- r t-'allao, the impracticabililthe ttlritril-_r l'e h:rc1 to- :> ultligecl us to tlar.el along", .rtoLe at low ticle ryheler.er'. -ir-tch of sand rnacle this pos-.,. Irt such cases, the wa,r-. :rriooth enough, altlrougli,rrL tinre to time, rocks emer.q--. :. ll'()ru tlie sancl neeessitateclr'r])t rleliations. Not being'.1'J' c-rperierrcerl, we pro--:,ler-l at first in a straightr ,:. l'ith the rcsult that wc: .,r1..ee{-1e{,1 in getting cluite wet.f *rr \\'r' iteg^an to unclerstancl-:-ri it rt-as necessary to followi ,rinltoLl-q, zigzag colrrse, ac-: ,1'rlins to tlLe alternate ebLir r-,l. fi,rw of the srayes.-{mcng the Eternal Snowsf \ Perrr rro leaclred an altirtrrrle nf i700 nreter.s (allollt1!.;t-)() feet, ol more than threeliies ) :rbole sea level. Forriltile weeks l-e traveled ol'eri1L': 51161ss, amid a majestic andtrrrl-,ounclecl solitude, where onerliets ro human being but an{-,,i{'a