A thermal cover at 16,500 feet: Maduro’s strategy to save the last glacier in Venezuela

A thermal cover at 16,500 feet: Maduro’s strategy to save the last glacier in Venezuela

In 1956, European and Venezuelan skiers slid through the mountains of Pico Espejo, in the Andean state of Mérida, in the first and only cross country skiing championship to be held in Venezuela. The Venezuelan Andean Club, which organized the competition, aspired to demonstrate that people could ski in a tropical country. The images of that event are evidence of a feat conceived at 15,500 feet above sea level. They also serve as a reference to s…