Two strange plants of the Colombian paramo

January 18, 2012 Opinion and advice andes, cojines, colombia, flora, frailejones, grasslands, kilimanjaro, outdoor clothing, paramo, scotland, sierra nevada del cocuy, swamp, wildlife 4 Comments

Two strange plants of the Colombian paramo

In this, the second of my posts about my recent visit to the mountains of Colombia, I’m going to digress from my usual topics of trekking and mountaineering to talk about flora. This isn’t unprecedented. Last year I managed to

Cocuy Circuit trek: You say cojones, I say cojines

January 11, 2012 Trip reports andes, andes world, cocuy circuit, cojines, colombia, frailejones, glacial erosion, global warming, gps, jagged globe, juan carlos gonzalez, neal short, ritacuba blanco, sierra nevada del cocuy, thierry levenq, trekking 6 Comments

Cocuy Circuit trek: You say cojones, I say cojines

Walking Colombia’s classic trek, and an ascent of Ritacuba Blanco “I’ve always associated Colombia with drugs and gangs,” a colleague said to me after I returned to work last week following my Christmas trekking and mountaineering holiday in the country.