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When your line starts at nearly 20,000 feet above sea level, you better start climbing early.   




When your line starts at nearly 20,000 feet above sea level, you better start climbing early. Zahan Billimoria and Ben Hoiness race the sunrise up Huayna Potosí, one of many 6,000-plus-meter peaks in Bolivia’s Cordillera Real region, on their way to ski the French Direct Route. Photo: Fred Marmsater