Greetings from Huaraz! Do you like movies? Recognize the Paramount Pictures' logo? Well... that mountain exists, and we're off to climb it!!! After a day of international traveling, and a night in Peru's capital, Lima, we drove north through the Pacific coastal desert, then through a section of Peruvian farmland where chili peppers are getting dried in the sun and finally, over the 14,000-foot pass of Conococha to arrive in Huaraz, the gateway of the "Callejon de Huaylas" Valley. This is where the Cordillera Blanca Range extends for nearly 100 miles. We checked in to our hotel, and a clear evening provided a great view of the mountains to the Northeast form the terraces of our rooms in the Hotel Andino, an incredible facility, where after four years, we're part of the family now. We're off to bed, excited for our acclimatization hike tomorrow. Stay tuned as we start our expedition. RMI Guide Elias de Andres Martos and team