http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/7211 Before the arrival of electricity, icemen extracted ice from mountains and frozen lakes around the globe. The Spanish conquistadors brought this practice the Romans and Arabs to the Americas. Chimborazo's last Iceman is the last remaining "hielero" in the world. Every week he climbs the highest mountain on Ecuador. 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