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Tag: Andes

At the toe of Aconcagua

At the highest mountain in the Andes (Argentina) — and the highest outside Asia.

Posted on 19. April 201724. June 2022

Patagonia

Two months on the southern tip of South America

Posted on 21. January 20134. April 2022

Hike around Cerro Castillo

The most famous mountain on the Carretera Austral in the remote south of Chile looks like a fairy-tale castle; on a hike there are mountain lakes and viewpoints to discover

Posted on 21. January 201324. June 2022

Perito Moreno National Park and trek to Cerro San Lorenzo

Lonely wilderness, Patagonia as you imagine it: The scarcely visited national park in Argentina offers impressive views and solitude and the third highest mountain in Patagonia towers above the steppe as a wall of ice and rock

Posted on 7. January 201324. June 2022

Torres del Paine Cirquit

The Cirquit, a complete circumnavigation of Torres del Paine including the “W”, is the most famous trek in Patagonia (Chile)

Posted on 28. December 201224. June 2022

Perito Moreno Glacier

A walk on perhaps the most fascinating glacier in the world in Los Glaciales National Park (Patagonia, Argentina)

Posted on 15. December 201224. June 2022

Puyehue

Tracing the latest volcanic eruption in Chile

Posted on 21. November 201224. June 2022

Puerto Varas in the Lake District of Chile

The lake district with its green fields, dense rainforests, countless lakes of all sizes and towering volcanoes and mountain peaks (cf. The Formation of Mountains) is, so to speak, the southern end of civilisation in South America: a little further on, the sparsely populated wilderness of Patagonia begins. I fly to Puerto Montt and drive … Continue reading “Puerto Varas in the Lake District of Chile”

Posted on 21. November 201224. June 2022

Valle de Cocora

The supposedly tallest palm trees in the world and many hummingbirds can be seen in the Valle de Cocora in the Zona Cafetera in Colombia

Posted on 26. November 201124. June 2022

Bogotá

In the capital of Colombia and excursion to Laguna Guatavita

Posted on 26. November 20111. April 2022

Travelogue Andes 2010

10 weeks of hiking and mountaineering in the Andes

Posted on 8. September 20101. April 2022

From Uyuni to San Pedro and ascent of Licancabur

Jeep tour (with an annoying group) through spectacular scenery: from Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) via Laguna Colorada and Laguna Verde to San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) with ascent of the Licancabur volcano.

Posted on 25. August 201024. June 2022

Ascent of the Illimani

Mountaineering in Bolivia: Climbing Illimani (6438 m) in the Cordillera Real

Posted on 21. August 201024. June 2022

Sajama and Lauca

Three high volcanoes and a few lakes in the national parks on the border between Bolivia and Chile

Posted on 12. August 201024. June 2022

La Paz

Big city with thin air and a grandiose location in a mountain basin

Posted on 12. August 20101. April 2022

Huayna Potosi

Climbing Huayna Potosi (6088 m) in the Cordillera Real in Bolivia: a relatively easy 6000 m peak with the best view

Posted on 4. August 201024. June 2022

Arequipa and Isla del Sol

A beautiful city in southern Peru and an island in Lake Titicaca in Bolivia

Posted on 4. August 20101. April 2022

Nevado Pisco

Climbing Nevado Pisco (5752 m), a spectacular panoramic mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in northern Peru

Posted on 26. July 201024. June 2022

Alpamayo Trek

Trekking in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru: In 10 days around Alpamayo and its beautiful neighbours

Posted on 26. July 201024. June 2022

Trek around the Cordillera Huayhuash

Coloured mountain lakes, glistening glaciers, in 10 days around the spectacular Cordillera Huayhuash in northern Peru

Posted on 26. July 201024. June 2022

Tungurahua and Baños

Hot springs, waterfalls and an active volcano (Ecuador)

Posted on 2. July 201024. June 2022

Trekking at Chimborazo

Three days hiking on the north side of Chimborazo (Ecuador)

Posted on 1. July 201024. June 2022

Climbing Cotopaxi

Cotopaxi National Park in Ecuador: climb Cotopaxi and hike on Rumiñahui

Posted on 1. July 201024. June 2022

Laguna Quilotoa

Picturesque caldera with “crater lake” in Ecuador

Posted on 1. July 201024. June 2022

Quito in the rain, caldera lakes and market in Otavalo

Travelogue Ecuador: Market in Otavalo and the Laguna Cuicocha, Culture in Quito and the Caldera of the Laguna Quilotoa

Posted on 1. July 201024. June 2022

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Formation of Mountains
Florian Neukirchen
The Formation of Mountains
Release: autumn 2022
Die Welt der Rohstoffe
Florian Neukirchen
Gunnar Ries

The World of Mineral Deposits
A Beginner’s Guide to Economic Geology
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