The Last Ice Merchant (El Último Hielero)

Directed by Sandy Patch · Starring Baltazar Ushca, Gregorio Ushca, Juan Ushca · 2012

For over fifty years Baltazar Ushca has climbed Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo to harvest glacial ice, while his brothers have long since left the trade behind.

A striking, quietly moving look at the last man practising an ancient mountain trade.

For over 50 years Baltazar Ushca has harvested the glacial ice of Ecuador’s Mount Chimborazo. His brothers, both raised as ice merchants, have long since retired from the mountain. This is a story of cultural change and

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