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Muyal Georg
1969
journal
114
Nasca, Depto. Ica, Peru
Sept. 7.
(cont.)
gone there had we realized in the dark that they were there. We have gotten various necessary jobs done here today. We plan to head for Galeras at about 3:00. It's supposed to take about 2 1/2 - 3 hours to drive up there to 12000 ft.
35 mi. ENE Nasca, 10500 ft., Depto. Ayacucho, Peru
7:00pm. We left Nasca at 3:30 pm. and drove up the road toward Galeras. We knew we couldn't get all the way to the preserve before nightfall, so at about 5:30 we stopped and [illegible] miles up the road and are now camping at 10500 feet tonight, where there are rocky hills with natural rock formations creating walls & crevices. It is dry and heavily grazed here, and only small shrubs are growing. Not far from here on the road Ray says what sounds like a grison from his description. We set out snap traps.
I set 23 among the rocks, where many small caves are formed. In some of these are rather large droppings, almost viscacha size. In one little cave were lots of droppings of different pigs mixed together. I set 2 small steel traps at these entrances. It seems to be getting dark earlier now, and right earlier in the morning. For a while it was light at around 6:15 am & dark at 6:45 pm. This seems to have shifted half an hour and