Licancabur Volcano - Potosi - Bolivia is tourism

Recommendations

Getting to know the entire environment is an unforgettable activity since it has unique landscapes in the world., However, being at a high altitude between 3600 until 5000 mt tall, far from cities , with limited services and difficult roads, It is necessary to consider the following recommendations.

Due to the type of places, they must carry the following:
– Protector solar
– Small cut banknotes
– Sleeping bag
– Personal first aid kit
– sunglasses
– Long trouses
– Long sleeve t-shirts
– warm clothing
– Gloves
– Flashlight
– Lip cream
– Hand and face cream
– wool hat
– Sun cap
– Chalina
– hiking boots

Use.- Take care of your backpacks and always be attentive to anything.

Altitude 4000 – 5000 masl
Temperatura mine. -10 C – Max. 20 C

Licancabur Volcano – Potosi

The Licancabur Volcano is located in the Western Cordillera at a height of 5960 masl, jealous guardian who guards the Laguna Verde. At the top of the volcano there is a crater-like depression covered in water of the same color as the Laguna Verde.. The place encourages mountain climbing. Due to the geological characteristics, biological, mesothermal and environmental conditions of the volcano are similar to those of the planet Mars, It is currently the subject of studies carried out by NASA, which is why the importance of the volcano stands out even more.

The mystery of the crystal ball

This story begins to be written – at least as far as is known- in 1995 when a group of scientists and archaeologists reached the crater of the Licancabur volcano, to some 40 kms. of Saint Peter, right on the border between Bolivia and Chile. Their mission was to analyze the different Inca ceremonial centers that are located there., in addition to diving in the lagoon in the center of the crater to look for possible offerings and archaeological remains for research.

To everyone's surprise, one of the members of the expedition, Henry Garcia, experienced diver who worked for years with the French scientist Jacques Costeau, He submerged himself in the lagoon and came out carrying a perfect crystal sphere in his hands.. Stunned, everyone watched the ball, but when exposed to the sun it suddenly burned García's hands and the sphere fell back into the lake., without being able to find her again.

Coming down with this story, No one in San Pedro was indifferent to the story and theories and hypotheses began to be woven that reached the news and headlines of the time throughout the country.. There was talk of aliens; exchange with Mayan and Aztec cultures; a white witch who would have abandoned the crystal, among others.

But what is this ball? What is its origin? where is today?

As has been done for centuries, in it 2000 A group of townspeople climbed to the top of Licancabur to make a payment to the Earth for the change of millennium and to give thanks for a good harvest., the birth of a son, and after good news. The group was made up of people who had already been to the summit a few times and others who were climbing for the first time.. That's why the pace of the group was not even and some walked faster than others.. Likewise, the group leader was at the head and another experienced person closed the line.. When you climb to high altitudes, your body and its gases have to adapt to the new pressure., which is lower as you go up. That's when the gases in your body want to leave to try to equalize the pressure differences that occur.. Obviously the person closing the line didn't like this very much.. Then at some point he decided to leave the group., take an alternate route and walk at your own pace. So it was that he reached the summit near 45 minutes before the rest of the group. He decided to walk towards an apacheta that is on the Chilean side (The summit of the volcano is the border between Chile and Bolivia), He made his payment to Earth and since he still had time, He ventured down to the volcano lagoon, to some 60 meters below. Once on the shore of the lake, touched its water, He went through it and found some carved bones, surely offerings from the past. Suddenly a wind blew strong, moving the water and something caught his attention. It was the sphere that shined, some 50 cms underwater. In recent years, rainfall in the area has decreased significantly., causing the waters of the Licancabur crater to drop considerably. He picked up the sphere and joined the rest of the group as they began to reach the summit.. He had the sphere in his pocket. What happened up there was like a collective catharsis. The excitement of this discovery, all the stories that surrounded the sphere, standing close to the sky and the sun led to an unusual scene. There were several who passed the sphere through their bodies, rubbing it on his chest, head and legs. Something curious happened up there too.. One of the members of the group carried a small digital camera and twice tried to record the sphere, but when you focus on it, the battery died mysteriously.

once down, With the sphere in his possession, some things happened that do not have much explanation.. A few days after returning from that expedition to the summit of Licancabur, A UFO researcher appeared in the town accompanied by people from NASA. Also shortly thereafter the famous Chupacabras appeared in the Calama area., attacking and killing various animals, leaving them 2 holes in the neck and dry inside, without a drop of blood. Curious, ¿no?.

Oh well, let's go back to the history of the sphere. How did you get to the top of Licancabur? where does it come from?

According to one of the protagonists of this story, who found and lowered the Licancabur sphere on 2000, that ball has its origins in Brazil. That's how it is. Another of the many strange things that happened was a “mystical” visit. One month after lowering the dial, after the visit of NASA and the Chupacabra, A woman arrives at our character's house to tell her story.. At the end of the 80 a White Witch lived in San Pedro. She had bought a large quartz crystal in Brazil, a raw crystal, the one he took to Switzerland to polish it and make a crystal ball for his magic and healing work. She brought that ball to Chile, where he decided to leave it because he had already completed a cycle with the sphere. It was time for someone else to have it.. For the Incas, the tops of mountains and volcanoes were sacred places., especially for the closeness to his god Inti, the sun. Indeed, At the top of Licancabur there are about 17 different ceremonial constructions. The volcano was the ideal place to leave this sphere and offer it.

There are still people who doubt this version. Above all, they question how it was possible for a woman of nearly 60 years or more I would have climbed Licancabur alone, without company or help.

If you ask your guide, You will surely find new versions of this story that continues with its open ending. Where is the sphere now??

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