Documental filmado entre 1977 y 1980 sobre los hombres y mujeres que trabajan extrayendo hielo del volcán Chimborazo, en Ecuador, a más de 5000 kilómetros de altura.
Since colonial times, the indigenous people of the Andean mountains have ascended to peaks that reach 5,200 meters above sea level. There, they crush gigantic blocks of ice that carry on their backs to sell them later in the fairs of Riobam...