when I was study geology in Copiapo. I made two friends, Gonzalo and Pablo, both studying geology at the same university as me. In our fascination for the career we made small tour to the surrounding hills to collect rocks and that kind of thing (I got a calcite for  one of those exits). The best of the exits was undoubtedly the first, all because we didn't know which way to go, so we improvised both up and down. From the pension where us lived we walked almost 3 kilometers to get to the piedemont, then we started to climb a very vertical slope. We climbed about 500 meters almost without rest until we reached the summit after 2 hours walking at a slow but sure pace.

on the top you could see almost everything Copiapó and that a beautiful view as it was getting dark and colors like orange and violet were seen in the sky. We stayed watching until it got dark and then in the dark only illuminated by the lights of our cell phones we began to go down. We arrived at the plain full of dust and tired, but it was worth it.

I would do that tour again but to meet those old friends again and have an afternoon of trekking.