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Huaraz, You're here now what?
by:
Rob Rachowiecki
- Lonely Planet

You've heard about Huaraz and the Cordillera Blanca from other travelers on the road and you've decided it's worth checking out. A grueling bus ride from the coast takes you over the 4080m Conococha pass before dumping you, slightly breathless, a thousand meters lower in Huaraz. The first impression is good - a horizon filled with massive snow-capped mountains - but take it easy for the first day. 
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Around Huascaran a mountain Bike trip
by:
Carole Luijkx

In the Cordillera Blanca, we had the best mountain bike experience ever. We, five biking friends from Holland, did a 10-day biking trip which brought us to 16,000-foot passes, through little villages which hardly have seen any tourists, over bridges, along beautiful lakes, creeks and huge canyons.
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Artesonraju South-East Face
by:
Adrian Ballinger.

Kick, kick, swing, swing, breathe. Kick, kick, swing, swing, breathe. The rhythm has been uninterrupted for hours now. Everything else has dropped away. Now there is only snow, a light wind, and my body... repeating.
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Cordillera Huayhuash
by:
Jim Bartle.

Located 50 km. to the southeast of the Cordillera Blanca, the Cordillera Huayhuash extends only thirty kilometers from north to south-it is little more than one long serrated ridge-yet has seven peaks above 6000 meters and seven more above 5500 meters. The highest peak by far is Yerupajá (6634), the second highest in Peru and the highest point in the vast Amazon watershed.
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The Archaeological Museum of Ancash
by:
Steve Wegner.

The Archaeological Museum on the west side of the Plaza de Armas contains the largest collection of ancient stone sculptures in South America.
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