Lonely Rock

The hamlet of Condor lies in the Puna grasslands of the northern highlands of Argentina at some four thousand metres above sea level close to the border with Bolivia Here a lama herder lives with his family He and his son sell lama meat and wool in the closest city which is still a long trip on foot and by bus When the herd is threatened by a puma the herder goes in search of the predator According to local custom he has to make an offering to the beast