The word cholita has in the past been used as a pejorative term for the Indigenous Aymara women of Bolivia. But the women in these photographs are reclaiming the word: they are “Cholitas Escaladoras”, or climbing cholitas. In 2019, they summited the 6,961 metre (22,841ft) peak of Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest mountain outside Asia, while wearing traditional dresses and shawls.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/apr/12/the-only-way-is-up-a-celebration-of-bolivias-indigenous-female-climbers-in-pictures

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