Leftover food (not due to poor quality) every meal plus top notch gear always was much appreciated.

Parents refers to a larger category under which an object falls. Climbers generally take a 4x4 up the valley on a gravel road from El Alto taking about two hours to reach a car park at 4700m, Zongo Pass(16°17′15″S 68°07′47.6″W / 16.28750°S 68.129889°W / -16.28750; -68.129889). took care of everything, including all the technical equipment I needed and feeding me big, tasty portions of food! Their unsuccessful attempt met with tragedy.

For the mountain in the Oruro Department, see, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Huayna_Potosí&oldid=969369678, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 1919 by Rudolf Dienst and O. Lhose (Germany), East face, French route to the south summit Difficulty AD-, opened in 1974 by Thierry Cardon and Alain Mesili, West face, American route to the north summit.

Regardless how fit your are, they will to their best to push you all the way to the top. Buses arrive in La Paz at various terminals depending on their origin, so check on general travel guides for details. It was a pleasure to deal with both of them at all times, their guidance during the treks was second to none, the.

El Huayna Potosí es una montaña del noroeste de Bolivia, en el departamento de La Paz, a 25 km de La Paz.Alcanza una altura de 6.090 msnm.Su nombre en aymara significa "cerro Joven" (Huayna: joven; Potosí: cerro). I have just returned from a fantastic 3 day trek with our guides German and Super Mario. Is this a romantic place or activity that you would suggest for, Would you recommend this place or activity to a friend looking for an, Highly recommend German Mountain Guide for trekking tours to Huayna Potosí.

For the summit, some, guides went too hard too fast while another wasn't able to read the situation well enough and turned back thinking it would be too bad weather ahead. To buy equipment, there are some gear shops on Illampu and a horde of clothing shops around downtown. Haliku.

The remaining two climbers were able to make their way back down the mountain to Zongo Pass, but died of exhaustion not long after their descent. And I am not talking about these minibuses in La Paz. I have just returned from a fantastic 3 day trek with our guides German and Super Mario. Its proximity to La Paz, its PD normal route, the presence of refuges and, most importantly, the huge amount of advertisement in tour agencies in La Paz initiate plenty of outdoor enthusiasts into mountaineering, while its other routes including its West face will offer different environments for more experienced mountaineers.
The normal route, advertised as nauseam in downtown La Paz, can and will get crowded during high season. In my experience, Chachani, in Southern Peru, is quite easier (see my trip report Oh my guides). West face climbers may have no way to pay the fee.

Since it is so much advertised in La Paz, the mountain is climbed all year long. This shows the kind of preparation, skills and knowledge that was made before the mountain became a tourist trap: Huayna Potosi seen from the road to Zongo pass, First and second high refuge, and a tent site nearby, Huayna Potosi seen from the police checkpoint on the road to Zongo, Routes public bus: 1 a day, 5 am from Plaza Ballivan/El Alto but very packed and area not safe in darkness taxi: shop around , you should get a taxi from downtown to Paso de Zongo for about 15-18 US $ (haggle hard) - you can agree with the driver that he picks you up again,but don´t count on it - almost no public transport going back from Paso de Zongo after midday (no pt on sunday) - you can ask at the COBEE (electrical company) at Paso de Zongo if they could contact their collegues further down in the valley, sometimes they drive you to El Alto in one of their pickups, Costs from Bolivian Mountains for roundtrip transport to the pass was $100 USD. This also has the advantage of leaving a two-day window for summiting in case of foul weather. The first attempt to reach Huayna Potosi’s summit was made in 1877 by a group of six German climbers.

There is no need to plan things from overseas unless you have a large group that needs to climb on a specific day during high season.

Trust me, don’t look any further .. trust them, they are your guides to Huayna Potosi.


For maps: 50k topographical map, look for 5945 II Milluni.

On the Zongo Pass (start of the Normal Route on Huayna Potosi) was investigated in winter 1998 by Branko Ivanek for its water ice potential.

Despite not speaking english, Supermario was a great guide, I had full confidence in him, food was great and he just had such a great energy. Elle est située à environ 25 kilomètres au nord de La Paz dans la cordillère Orientale. Any of these will be better for acclimatization than the 3-day option tour agencies offer (1 night at base camp and 1 night at high camp).

Camping there is not needed for the normal route, but it may be useful for more time-consuming routes or used simply for the experience by purists. Indeed, I did 3 days of hiking beforehand the very ascent of Huayna Potosi to get confident and it really helped me to get to the top. The organisation was fantastic from start to finish and they. After a few days in La Paz (3500m) or other Altiplano tourism destinations, one can do day hikes to Charquini (trail head also at Zongo pass, 5392m) or Chacaltaya (taxi-able almost to the summit, 5395m) nearby, and then do Huayna Potosi in 2 days. See my trip report for more about the guides and my personal opinion about them on Huayna Potosi. Don´t let the lockdown impede you from experiencing the city in the clouds. See the external links for the proper preparation, skills and knowledge that was standard for climbing this mountain before it became a tourist trap. Four climbers died at an altitude around 5600m; the remaining two managed to retreat in deteriorating conditions, but died by exhaustion just after finding their way to the Zongo Pass. Haliku, Somebody is making easy money in "Bolivian Mountains".

Difficulty TD+, opened in 1983 by A. Mesili and others, This page was last edited on 25 July 2020, at 00:39. From the hut here it is a 1 - 3 h hike up to the high camp at 5200 m (16°16′32″S 68°08′16.6″W / 16.27556°S 68.137944°W / -16.27556; -68.137944) on the snow line (Time taken depends greatly on acclimatization and fitness). If this mountain was in Colorado or the Alps, it would not be a beginner’s mountain, and it should not be in my opinion. Cheers,

I climbed it with a tour in January 2014 without big problems. (275), Climber's Log Entries Both base camps are fairly similar, though the one closer to La Paz is a negligible few meters higher and closer (4740m on my map, 4760m on my GPS; the other is at 4760m on my map, 4780 on my GPS). I have never been above 5,000m before and although Super Mario could have run up the mountain he was a great guide and made sure to go at my pace and was always on hand when needed.

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Very acclimatised parties climb the mountain directly from the hut at Zongo Pass and in this case the whole climb takes the most of the day. The summit is small and frequently has a pronounced cornice, reducing usable space. The entire climb from the high camp take between 8 and 12 hours.

Huayna Potosi by the normal route. In addition to the normal route, a large variety of routes (some of them very technical) to the two summits exist. June, July and August are the best months to climb, and the season is from May to September. Zongo Light was 80m high with a maximum angle of 80° and graded (USA/French) III/3+, while Cha'qui was 140m in height with a maximum angle of 70° and graded II/2+. The French route shares the same approach as the normal route, with its benefits and problems, but aims for a more technical direct slope higher up. Morning sunshine causes the snow to become less stable for walking, and increases avalanche risk from 8 am onwards. Staff are usually happy to book walk ins if they have rooms available, and a reduced price can be negotiated outside of the peak season.

Their unsuccessful attempt met with tragedy. On the 23rd July, Ivanek and Bolivian guide, Marco Soria, climbed an 80m icefall on the flanks of Pico Milluni (5,400m and home to the excellent French route up the Central Couloir: 440m: D). As we wanted to climb this high since we came to South America, this seemed like a perfect opportunity to watch a sunrise from 6000m. In 1877 a group of six German climbers tried to climb Huayna Potosí for the first time. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of English in the United States. Der Berg ist für Bergsteiger und Touristen aufgrund seiner Charakteristik und der für seine Höhe einfachen Besteigung ein begehrtes Ziel.

friend) and I highly recommend both of them.

There is phone reception on the Altiplano side of the mountain and none on the Yungas side, and the normal route straddles the ridge in between, which translates into fair coverage according to local topography. Walk on Sagarnaga and you will find many agencies offering many departures daily in high and shoulder season. First ever mountain climbing in Bolivia and it is not an experience I’m ready to forget. Myself and 3 friends were in La Paz to climb Huayna Potosi, we did the usual shopping around and checked prices and equipment with 3 o, While on our five months trip in South-America, we were really keen to do one of the tall peaks of the Andes and were originally planning on doing Cotopaxi. Huayna Potosí is a mountain in Bolivia, located near El Alto and about 25 km north of La Paz in the Cordillera Real. (6), Additions & Corrections Alternatively, on an unguided 3-day trip up Huayna Potosi, one can spend two nights in high camp, route finding in daylight on day 2 (climb high sleep low) before summiting on day 3. It is actually a flat to low-slope area on the glacier, and there will be wind and crevasses around. Surrounded by high mountains, it is roughly 15 miles due north of the city, which makes this mountain the most popular climb in Bolivia.

There is a recently established hut here.

After reading great reviews online I booked a 3-day trip to Huayna Potosi with German Mountain Guide.


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