La Paz, finally. “La Pazzz, La Pazzz, LA PAZZZ!” the coachman shouts. We have returned to the world. One last fiesta at our friend Daniel’s place, comparing Chilean, Argentine, and Bolivian wines.
Climb into an old Mercedes.
Climb up through the poor neighborhoods surrounding the airport.
Climb into the airplane, the condor.
Climb into the sky, rosy with the colors of dawn, abandoning the blues of the night to the ice of the Cordillera Royale just below.
Climbing, always — if not, what else?

Although he lost parts of eight toes during a winter 2002 solo in the Alps, 38-year-old Lionel Daudet still travels the globe in pursuit of alpine challenges — and boulders.