The High Andes

Spanning almost 9000 km from Colombia in the north to Patagonia in the south, the Andes must be the most ecologically rich and environmentally diverse range on Earth. And I have had the privilege to spend long seasons in those Andean highlands of Peru, Colombia, and Chile under the auspices of work. At those elevations I might rue my camera's great weight and cold-intolerant battery, but it has a solid work ethic