WebMeet the ‘Climbing Cholitas’ or ‘Cholitas Escaladoras Bolivianas’ — a group of Aymara indigenous women who are breaking stereotypes, scaling mountains, and shifting perceptions. Photographs and text by Todd Antony These are the ‘Climbing Cholitas’ or ‘Cholitas Escaladoras Bolivianas’. WebSep 16, 2024 · Footage filmed on Wednesday shows a group of Cholitas Escaladoras (climbers) playing a football match on the snow-capped Huayna Potosi mountain at 5,870 metres above sea level. Dressed in their traditional brightly coloured “polleras” (skirts), these brave Aymara women, with Bolivian flags in hand, climbed to the top of the mountain to …
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WebSep 17, 2024 · Bolivia's Cholitas Climbers play football at 5,890m in the Andes – video. The current world record altitude for a Fifa-rules game is 5,714m, but Wednesday's game was not an full eleven a side match. WebMar 4, 2024 · The Cholitas Escaladoras began to coalesce as an informal group in 2015, when around a dozen women who either worked as cooks and low-altitude porters for tourists in Bolivia's mountains or whose … can you dye over blue hair
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WebThese tough cholita climbers wear their traditional “polleras” together with modern climbing gear. They already climbed other peaks such as the Sajama (6542 meters above sea level, Bolivia’s highest peak), the Illimani (6438m), the Parinacota (6342 m) and the Aconcagua (6961 meters above sea level, the highest mountain in the Americas). WebTwo years ago, a group of cholita climbers embarked on an adventure to climb eight Bolivian mountains. Many worked as porters and cooks with their tour-guide husbands, … WebSep 17, 2024 · The Cholitas Climbers - a group of Bolivian Aymara women dedicated to climbing mountains - played a football match at 5,890 meters altitude on the Huayna … brightest wall outdoor solar lights