camp is at the edge of a "pampa" on a narrow ridge (4 km wide) between two very steep deep canyons. In the center of the ridge is a sloping, almost bare "field" with nothing growing more than a couple quirlis tall, perhaps 4 acres. Around it is a Polylepis "forest" - really bushes up to 10 feet tall but some with "trunks" up to 6 or 8" diam. and big enough to attract woodcutters. These are clearly dominant, bare + gravelly + stoney in between them, but with numerous flowering Lefidophyllum quadrangulare, also cushion cacti, orange flower Banksia buxus tiny grass tufts, low Ephedra, a flush droplet dandelions (in bloom), and a grey hairy all very dry and barely grazed. On both the north and south faces of the ridge are more bushes of composites, the red-ribbed Pterogyne flower etc., plus green clumps, less heavily grazed. The seemingly barren pampa is heavily used by llamas, vicuña, and a large lizard lives under a loaf-sized rock in the middle of it. At the upper edge of it too a few small yarcas come in. Sift at 1 pm for was arizos. Polylepis goes much higher, not much bowlgrass. Then over the first summit and camped at 13 km NE Tarato, 14,700 ft amidst gorgeous yarcas - Lefidophyllum garden at base of an igneous cliff. Put out 25 large slumons baited with oats + corn + Lefidophyllum blossoms + Sereno blossoms. ants put out 40 large slumons among big boulders. Night clear, -2° at 7 pm. foglighting at 8 pm saw one itrecoba. Sight 13 blustery wind came up late during the night. Temp at 6 am outdoors was +1°C, inside car -2°. My traps held