One of Bolivia’s first female Indigenous mountain climbers, Cecilia Llusco has scaled its highest peaks, changed the tourism landscape – and now has her eye on Everest

At 5,200m above sea level, two women sit at a stone table. Mountains pierce the horizon in all directions. An imposing glacier covers the top of Huayna Potosí, a peak that stands at 6,088m. Its white surface, with a narrow footpath traversing it, gleams under the low afternoon sun.

Cecilia Llusco is sitting eating crackers with caramel spread and drinking coca tea.

‘Our polleras don’t impeded us’ says Cecilia Llusco of the traditional garment she and other female guides wear to climb