La Campana

This picture was taken near the top of La Campana. La Campana is the highest peak in the coastal Cordillera. Jon, Dave, and I spent about two and a half hours hiking up the mountain through the clouds and when we reached the top we finally broke through the tops of the clouds. On a clearer day you can see both the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean from this point. Darwin apparently made this place somewhat famous by writing about this fact. However, I would not trade the view that we had, we really had the feeling that we were standing on top of the world.
The mountains in the background of this picture is the Coastal Cordillera (Cordillera means range).