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Judi Lynn

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Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:11 AM Sep 2022

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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https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20220908-bolivian-indigenous-women-break-barriers-through-mountaineering

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