Bolivian indigenous women break barriers through mountaineering
Issued on: 08/09/2022 - 04:38
Modified: 08/09/2022 - 04:37
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(Left-right) Adela Llusco, Senobia Llusco, Cecilia Llusco and Camila Tarqui Llusco, Aymara indigenous women members of the Climbing Cholitas of Bolivia Warmis, at the summit of the 6.088-metre Huayna Potosi mountain Martín SILVA AFP
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Huayna Potosí (Bolivia) (AFP) A sudden gale drowns out the crunching sound of footsteps on the ice and makes skirts billow in the freezing night.
Ten indigenous Aymara women slowly trek up a Bolivian mountainside in their traditional dress as a statement of their emancipation.
The Climbing Cholitas of Bolivia Warmis is a group dedicated to campaigning for the rights of Indigenous women through mountaineering.
Cecilia Llusco, 36, is the daughter of a mountain guide and dreamt since she was young of climbing the snow-capped Huayna Potosi that rises over 6,000 meters above sea level.
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