For violin, violoncello, and piano.  First Printing.  Recorded on Naxos CD: 8.559215.  Commissioned for the La Jolla Chamber Music Society "Summerfest 2000."  Dedicated to David Finckel and Wu Han, and premiered by the same with Chee-Yun on August 6, 2000 in La Jolla, California.  This piece was inspired by the composer's childhood memory of riding her horse through a deep valley in the Andes range in Bolivia.  Duration: ca. 7'.  Score, 12 p. & parts.