Local its all about George Chance to discover the world from different perspectives. Join us from moon sponsored by just going to instagram or yours at g. W. Stories to talk to each week on instagram. Is one of ecuadors and last ice merchants are now seventy four he cut sound ice blocks by hand from the chamber also glacier to sell at the local market but modern Refrigeration Technology and Climate Change pose a threat to this profession nevertheless baltazar is determined to pass this time honored tradition on to the younger generation. Twice a week but as our sets out to scale the highest mountain in ecuador jim but also. Its rush hour of sorts in the village of pulling me at the foot of the dormant volcano in the end nice. But it is on has been practicing the profession since he was fifteen. Back then he had to rent a donkey he used to reach trick but a few years ago he received three years a gift from a local t. V. Station. Each of my friends he has the name of so i dont forget them. Usually we didnt so on and we. Buggers our doesnt wear socks he stuffs his boots with grassy finds along the way. I mean i always hope nothing happens to us and so we can hike in peace. We pray to the mountain to our father. That we will arrive safely at the ice mines. To the people here jim but also is more than just a six thousand three hundred metre high pull kaino. Many revere it as a spiritual force. Its a difficult journey. The higher he goes the thinner the air and as Climate Change melts away the glacier by designers to climb higher to find the precious ice. Eventually as the dont tease tire but as our has to make the final stretch on fort. He still uses the same technique that previous size merchants or. Did two hundred years ago. And as you think would climb up here in large groups and sell their rice across the country. Designer is the only arrow that. Refrigerators might have made his job largely redundant but two bunches are they could never match genuine glacial ice. That use this ice for things like cooling fish all making fruit juices and popsicles its special one of a kind. Yes. On each trip up the mountain but as our extract six points of pure play shelf ice. Each flock weighs around forty kilograms. He uses grass to pack them up and keep them in some later date. For. The. Good of. The return journey down the mountain this time around ford takes another four hours. But hes not done yet after arriving at the village but as are continues on to the provincial capital of rio bomba where hell sell the ice at the market. But as our earns five dollars for each block he sells. He uses part of his earnings to pay for the car he has to rent to get to the market. Jim but also province is well known for its rich cultural traditions and his own too many indigenous key people. But unemployment is high and poverty widespread. Change. A growing number of farmers are leaving their old homes for the cities in order to support their families. Customers greatly appreciate juices made with glacial ice. Its said to even have healing properties. To top up his meager income but as are also works at a museum once a week in the city of quando. Hes become something of a celebrity across ecuador former president Rafael Correa once honored him and called his profession part of the National Cultural heritage. You know my name is. Tennis aka. Im the yellow arrow from chin what also. This guys big and on some. Hell never die when i die you still have him. And. His daughter carmen help son at the museum. I hope you wont be the last your little i hope someday his sons and grandsons will follow in his footsteps but it doesnt pay well so young people dont like doing the work but i just really want this tradition to stay alive is it be that any of it but. When barges are isnt scaling chimborazo theres still plenty to do at home too. He lives with his children and grandchildren hurting animals and farming potatoes his wife passed away five years ago. They demanded two of my brothers died from drinking too much. My father too he died from too much alcohol. And my dad wasnt helping. He grew up as he got out o. Now but on a has passed on to us than them. Branches are never rest awhile back he had his first time student on the mountain and a block of ice trail on his foot. After that he had to sit still or at home for months. When i picked up my family and when i was at home i felt really sad and tired. But now its much better and im dancing again. Since because i was an accident his son in law one has been accompanying him regularly. Well is this crash ok for packing. Show not sure how to do it this is how let me show you. Which donkey will use the one over the. Ok. I got seven packs a strong. Such a day. I guess you have to pull the rope tighter. Otherwise you will fall off. Yesterday you broke ritual. I want to fix it but i made it worse. When theyre out on their own the to speak the indigenous and in language teach one. You need a metal bar. No need to work with the pickups first. Marches on is losing use hearing so one often needs to shout one is married to by design his daughter carmen. He wants to learn the centuries old tradition directly from the master and self one is also a farmer another worker often from the area are few and far between. Few. Yappin doodles. And ive heard a lot from him. About the ice cut the ice cubes. Packed them up. And then you load it all into the donkey and transported down to. The sea but. Through. I forgot the blind us. The boat is a dangerous they could fall. Over i promise ill be careful. What if they really do fall. I know it doesnt pay well but we cant give up hope we have to preserve our ancestors traditions. For the generations to come. 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