“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.” - Thich Nhat Hanh One of the most magnificent geologic ...

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I’ve done a lot of bikepacking trips, but the Ausangate Circuit in Peru was by far the hardest and most epic bikepacking adventure I’ve done to date. It was incredible! (and incredibly hard…) But I ...

CUSCO, Peru — A group of 10 Eastern Mennonite Missions hikers raised $58,142 in pledges to benefit the Promesa School, a K-11 Peruvian Mennonite school. During the first-ever adventure fundraiser, the ...

I took a deep breath of the thin air at 5,500 meters (18,000 feet) and scanned the beautiful scene of jagged rocks, sparkling white snow, and deep blue glacier ice around me and slowly became more ...

Peru’s National Service of Protected Natural Areas approved this week the creation of the Ausangate Regional Conservation Area (ACR Ausangate in Spanish), whose objective is to protect glaciers and ...

Pacchanta's Maria Merma Gonzalo practices weaving techniques that have changed little in 500 years. Courtesy Andrea M. Heckman In the shadow of the 20,800-foot snow-clad peak of Ausangate in the ...

🚗 This was a road trip we'd been wanting to do for many years, and whilst it is a more challenging journey than other great road trips around the world—due to the weather and road conditions—the ...

A photograph showing a brightly colored mountain range is frequently shared on social media along with the claim that it depicts the "Rainbow Mountains" in Peru: This photograph does show a real ...

Andrea M. Heckman wrote Woven Stories: Andean Textiles and Rituals (University of New Mexico 2003) and co-produced the award-winning documentary film Ausangate (2006). Through weaving, the women of ...