Cosmic Dispatch

The Andes Expedition: Finding Cloud 9 - ATMOSPHERE
The Andes Expedition: Finding Cloud 9

I awoke just as the plane’s wheels clawed at the tarmac.  A violent shudder, a lurch, and then, silence.  We had landed.  But this was no ordinary arrival.  It was a daring dance with destiny at the world’s loftiest international airport, El Alto, Bolivia.  Here the air is as thin...