El Alto, Bolivia

Elena Quispe Tincuta, Julia Quispe Tincuta, Alicia Quispe Tincuta, and Pasesa Alana Llusco are a group of cholita climbers whose objective is to successfully ascend Mount Everest in the upcoming year. Recently, they have been utilizing ice axes to scale the snow-covered Huayna Potosi summit in the vicinity of El Alto.

Image by Claudia Morales from Reuters

Source: theguardian.com