CUZCO, Peru -- After hiking around the Andes Mountains for a week, climbing Pinnacle Mountain is child's play.

My son Ethan treated me to a trip to Peru for my birthday from Oct. 27-Nov. 2. It was my first outdoors adventure outside of the United States since a fishing trip in Mexico's Sea of Cortez in 2017.

Physically, it was the most arduous week of my life, and I am grateful that I was equal to the challenge.

Entirely self-taught, Ethan speaks Spanish fluently. Joining us was Ethan's friend Julian Munoz of Medellin, Colombia. Ethan met Munoz through an online service in which native speakers communicate with non-native speakers over Skype or FaceTime. They became friends through this medium, and Munoz accompanies Ethan through his frequent trips to South America.

They eliminated the

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