“She doesn’t look good.” “I’ve never seen her like that.  Just collapsed on the side of the road and refused to move.  I had to drag her back on to her bike.  Force her to pedal.  I told her she’d die of exposure if she didn’t move, but she didn’t seem to care.” “Must be [...]

Curva 3 and already I was short of breath.  Gasping and gulping in precious oxygen. I reckoned we were at just over 2,000 meters.  That’s nothing in the Andes.  La Paz, the highest capital city in world lies at around 3,400 meters (10,600 feet). In Peru, roads criss-cross the cordillera, snaking their way over high [...]