Chachaltaya: Bernardo Guarachi's eyes light up as he reminisces about the glory days of Chacaltaya - once the highest ski resort in the world but now a crumbling relic to climate change in the Bolivian Andes. "Today, it's a cemetery," said Guarachi, pointing to the rusted poles and cables from the old chair lifts. His eyes scan the 400-meter slope he once shot down at speed on a blanket of snow, now covered only in rocks. "It used to be full of skiers on Saturdays and Sundays," said the mountaineer. Rising 5,300-meters above sea level, Chacaltaya was a popular family weekend retreat for inhabitants of La Paz, just 30 kilometers away.
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