Possible Clues:

• Like vicunas and llamas
• An academic figure from American range
• An academic leader in the mountains
• Aussie ignores advice with oxygen, regarding some peaks
• Article by college VIP from Peru, perhaps
• Like vicuñas
• Like many Quechua speakers
• A new hideout outside the area or within range?
• An ecclesiastic high-up like a llama?
• Article by churchman, one highly placed in South America