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Cholitas Escaladoras en Aconcagua

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Somos un grupo de mujeres bolivianas apasionadas por la montaña. Hemos trabajado durante años como cocineras de expediciones turísticas a distintas montañas de los andes. Así comenzó a despertarse la curiosidad en nosotras, ¿por qué volvían los turistas tan contentos, qué había ahí arriba? Empezamos a escalar y nos atrapó la sensación de libertad que encontramos.

Nuestro sueño es escalar la montaña más grande de América, el Aconcagua. Queremos grabar en vídeo nuestra ascensión y demostrar al mundo que nosotras podemos, que aunque nos hayan marginado antes por ser mujeres y por ser indígenas, somos capaces de grandes hazañas.

Necesitamos ayuda, nunca hemos escalado fuera de nuestro país y la expedición cuesta dinero: pasajes de avión, permisos para subir a la cima, comida. Vamos a escalar a principios del próximo año. Estamos seguras de que, si conseguimos pagar la expedición, seremos capaces de hacer cima. Estamos preparándonos físicamente y estamos en muy buena forma y con una motivación enorme. Si nos seguís, os mostraremos al final el vídeo y procuraremos que el mundo entero sepa lo que hemos hecho, con vuestra ayuda.

Muchas gracias.

(English below)

 
We are a group of Bolivian women passionate about the mountains. We have worked for years as cooks for tourist expeditions to different mountains of the Andes. That way, curiosity began to awake inside us. Why did tourists return so happy, what was up there? We started climbing and we were caught by the feeling of freedom that we found.

Our dream is to climb the largest mountain in America, the Aconcagua Mount. We want to record on video our expedition, and show the world that we can, even though we have been marginalized before because we are women, and because we are indigenous. We are capable of great feats.

We need help, we have never climbed out of our country and the expedition costs money: plane tickets, permits to climb to the top, food. We are going to climb Aconcagua at the beginning of next year. We are sure that, if we achieve to pay the expedition, we will be able to reach the top. We are preparing physically and we are in a very good shape and with a huge motivation. If you follow us, we will show you the video at the end and we will try to let the whole world know what we have done thanks to your help.

Thank you so much.

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Cholitas Escaladoras
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El Alto

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