Pearson 1974 March 31 (Sat) This is the "best" Loma I have seen. It is not wet + drifty like some of those in central Peru in August, it does not have trees of Atiquipa and probably not as reliable moisture, but atiquipa is so heavily grazed that [illegible] the northless Erindeta dominater. Bello Union has sandy glass, a variety of flowers, cactus. I doubt that it has the big yellow lillies of Papa Leon ete. What saves it from the fate of atiquipa is the absence of a stream. When a stream is present, people use it for irrigation which (a) keeps the human / population high and (b) keeps the livestock high. When the Loma is all eaten out, they toss the cattle [bull], burros, horses, sheep, and goats a handful of alfalfa or weeds (alternative prey) to keep them going until a sprig of grass appears in the Loma. Then they toss their loads up into the hills for the day. Drove south and camped after dark at Atico. When passing Atiquipa I noticed two nice valleys just north, with lots of trees. The more northerly of the two had a road going up into it, apparently into the tree. April 1 Drove most of day and arrived Uroquayno 4:30 p.m. Supplies, then off the Cajones-Toquejols road to a campsite, down now place to get off the road until about [illegible] 12,700 ft (Attwater had said 1500 ft at Uroquayno), so we parked at side of road (very broad road). Yankee miner, night clear. April 2 Morning clear. Front on sleeping bag. Vegetation a mixture of tola, weeds (mini-rod) and cactus. Drove up to a benchmark (4048m) to spend day. What [illegible] [illegible]