Sapa Collo (Sleeping Lion) Hill

Yesterday I took Bryam Sardon up on a previous offer to accompany me and we climbed to the top of Sapa Collo hill. All during the climb up and down we talked of gospel things. He is a really deep thinker and loves to delve into scholarly gospel subjects. He is in the process of submitting his papers to serve a mission.

It was a hard climb for me, since the altitude is about 13,000 feet. I had to stop and pant a number of times, but Bryam was patient.

When we got to the top I took pictures and two videos that I want to share.

This is a picture of Sapa Collo taken from Collo Bartolo (St. Bartholomew Hill) that I took a month ago when we took a taxi to the top of that hill.

I took this of Sapa Collo from the city pier the same day

This shot of it is from our living room window.

This is from the top of the hill, looking east.

This is looking southeast over the north half of the city.

And this is looking southeast over the south half of the city.

This is northwest towards Ilave.

And this is looking north. Beyond Bryam, across the bay of the lake is the farming community of Pilcuyo, which is politically part of Ilave. If you enlarge, you can probably see the tin roofs of the farmhouses shining in the sun.

And heading back, this is the road at the base of the hill, looking towards another hill I want to climb--Cara Collo. But I will save that for another time.

Finally I took two videos panning from northwest to southeast...

... and then southeast to north.