Baltazar Ushca, Who Kept Andean Ice Harvesting Alive, Dies at 80
He trekked up Ecuador’s tallest mountain twice a week for six decades to hack ice off a glacier with a pickax. He is believed ...
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Baltazar Ushca, ‘last iceman’ of Ecuador’s highest peak, dies at 80
For about five hours, they ascended a rocky path to a glacier located at about 15,000 feet on the southern face of a dormant volcano known as Chimborazo. Baltazar Ushca chipped off chunks of milky ...