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This copy is brand-new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the author's own words: \"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEn la década de 1980 la mayoría de la información sobre ascensiones en la Cordillera Blanca peruana se publicaba en idiomas distintos al castellano, así que decidí publicar una guía que incluyera todas las rutas de escalada en las cimas superiores a los 5000 metros.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eImpresa en 2004, abarca desde el macizo del Champará hasta el del Huascarán; es decir, la parte norte de la cadena montañosa tropical más alta de la Tierra. Ha colaborado en ella parte de los mejores alpinistas del mundo.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eComo se trata de una obra de referencia que nunca quedará obsoleta, quise que su edición fuera primera y última. Así que destruí la maqueta, para evitar incluso la reimpresión del libro. 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