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Jul 14–29, 2008

Peru (Part 2 of 4): Climbing in the Ishinca Valley and Yanapaccha


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Huaraz
Huaraz: preparing for climbs in the Ishinca Valley

Ishinca Base Camp
Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: waiting for the taxi cab in Huaraz in the early morning; local transportation Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: taxi driver Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: loading our luggage from taxi cab onto donkeys Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: loading our luggage from taxi cab onto donkeys Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: loading our luggage from taxi cab onto donkeys Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: loading our luggage from taxi cab onto donkeys Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: loading our luggage from taxi cab onto donkeys Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: National Park Office Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: approaching Ishinca Base Camp with Tocllaraju in the background Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: approaching Ishinca Base Camp with Tocllaraju in the background Travel to Ishinca Base Camp: approaching Ishinca Base Camp with Tocllaraju in the background Ishinca Base Camp: Ishinca Base Camp with Tocllaraju

Urus Este climb
Urus Este climb: Ishinca Base Camp from halfway up Urus Este with Tocllaraju in the background Urus Este climb: Ishinca (5530 m) and Ranrapalca (6162 m) Urus Este climb: Tocllaraju (6032 m) Urus Este climb: Ranrapalca (6162 m) Urus Este climb: Tocllaraju (6032 m) Urus Este climb: on the summit of Urus Este (5495 m) Urus Este climb: on the summit of Urus Este (5495 m) with Tocllaraju (6032 m) in the background Urus Este climb: Ranrapalca (6162 m)

Ishinca climb
Ishinca climb: Ranrapalca (6162 m) at sun rise Ishinca climb: Jim climbing up with Urus Este (5495 m) in the background Ishinca climb: high up on the glacier with Urus Este (5495 m) in the background (middle) Ishinca climb: Ranrapalca (6162 m) Ishinca climb: high up on the glacier with Urus Este (5495 m) in the background (middle) chatting with a solo climber Ishinca climb: crossing huge crevasses Ishinca climb Ishinca climb : Jim climbing the final pitch to gain the summit of Ishinca (5530 m) Ishinca climb: on the summit of Ishinca (5530 m) Ishinca climb: Tocllaraju (6032 m) as seen from the summit of Ishinca (5530 m) Ishinca climb: on the summit of Ishinca (5530 m) Ishinca climb: on the summit of Ishinca (5530 m) Ishinca climb: on the summit of Ishinca (5530 m) Ishinca climb: on the summit of Ishinca (5530 m) Ishinca climb: on the summit of Ishinca (5530 m) Ishinca climb: Tocllaraju (6032 m) as seen from the summit of Ishinca (5530 m) Ishinca climb: back at ishinca Base Camp looking toward Tocllaraju (6032 m)

Tocllaraju gear cache
Ishinca Base Camp: sun set after hicking up toward Tocllaraju Glacier Camp to cache some of the heavy gear

Tocllaraju Glacier Camp
Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Tocllaraju Glacier Camp with Tocllaraju (6032 m) in the background Tocllaraju Glacier Camp Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Tocllaraju Glacier Camp with Tocllaraju (6032 m) in the background Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: looking East toward Ishinca (5530 m) and Ranrapalca (6162 m) Tocllaraju Glacier Camp Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Tocllaraju (6032 m) Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Ranrapalca (6162 m) seen from Tocllaraju Glacier Camp Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Ranrapalca (6162 m) seen from Tocllaraju Glacier Camp Tocllaraju Glacier Camp Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Tocllaraju (6032 m) Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Tocllaraju (6032 m) Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Tocllaraju (6032 m) at sun set Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Ranrapalca (6162 m) seen from Tocllaraju Glacier Camp at sun set Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Tocllaraju Glacier Camp at sun set with Ranrapalca (6162 m) Tocllaraju Glacier Camp Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Tocllaraju (6032 m) Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Tocllaraju (6032 m) Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Ishinca (5530 m) and Ranrapalca (6162 m) Tocllaraju Glacier Camp: Ishinca (5530 m) and Ranrapalca (6162 m)

Tocllaraju climb
Tocllaraju climb: Tony climbing up one of the bergschrunds Tocllaraju climb: a guided climbing party crossing one of the bergschrunds Tocllaraju climb: Tony with Ranrapalca (6162 m) in the background Tocllaraju climb: a guided climbing party crossing one of the bergschrunds Tocllaraju climb Tocllaraju climb: Tonyy belaying me up a bergschrund Tocllaraju climb: guided climbing party high up on the west ridge of Tocllaraju (6032 m) Tocllaraju climb: south face of Tocllaraju (6032 m) Tocllaraju climb: Tony with Ranrapalca (6162 m) in the background Tocllaraju climb Tocllaraju climb Tocllaraju climb Tocllaraju climb Tocllaraju climb: Tony climbing up a steeper section Tocllaraju climb: Tony climbing up a steeper section Tocllaraju climb Tocllaraju climb: below the final steep summit pitch Tocllaraju climb Tocllaraju climb: Tony building a belay for a crevasse crossing Tocllaraju climb: Tony building a belay for a crevasse crossing Tocllaraju climb Tocllaraju climb: Tocllaraju (6032 m) south face and Ranrapalca (6162 m) Tocllaraju climb: Tony building a belay with Ranrapalca (6162 m) in the background

Return to Huaraz
Return to Huaraz: leaving the Ishinca valley Return to Huaraz: leaving the Ishinca valley Return to Huaraz: leaving the Ishinca valley Return to Huaraz: children in the village of Collon Return to Huaraz: children in the village of Collon Return to Huaraz: waiting for a taxi cab in the village of Collon Return to Huaraz: pigs

Chopicalqui Moraine Camp
Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: Such a form has to be filled out by everybody on every colectivo ride but nobody cares... Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: our colectivo Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: resting by the road after being dropped off by our colectivo Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: hiking up the moraines of the Kinzl Glacier with Pisco (5752 m) in the background Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: Huascaran Norte (6664 m) Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: Huascaran Sur (6768 m) Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: hiking up the moraines of the Kinzl Glacier with Pisco (5752 m) in the background Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: Jim hiking on the moaraine Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: Jim hiking on the moaraine Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: Chopicalqui Moraine Camp Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: Jim pumping water from dirty glacier run off Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: Chopicalqui (6354 m) at sun set Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: sun set

Chopicalqui Moraine Camp
Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: Chopicalqui (6354 m) Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: James and the 4 Frenchmen plus their cook heading off to Chopicalqui col camp Chopicalqui Moraine Camp: breaking down camp at Chopicalqui moraine camp

Parade in Huaraz
Parade in Huaraz Parade in Huaraz Parade in Huaraz Parade in Huaraz Parade in Huaraz Parade in Huaraz Parade in Huaraz Parade in Huaraz Parade in Huaraz: butcher at the Covered Market Parade in Huaraz: butcher at the Covered Market Parade in Huaraz: butcher at the Covered Market: cuy (Guinea Pigs) Parade in Huaraz: butcher at the Covered Market Parade in Huaraz: butcher at the Covered Market: cuy (Guinea Pigs) Parade in Huaraz Parade in Huaraz Parade in Huaraz

Yanapaccha Moraine Camp
Yanapaccha Moraine Camp: after being dropped off at the road side in the Ishinca valley to head out for Yanapaccha Yanapaccha Moraine Camp: Ishinca valley Yanapaccha Moraine Camp: Yanapaccha (5347 m) Yanapaccha Moraine Camp: glacier below Yanapaccha (5347 m) Yanapaccha Moraine Camp: Jim in camp Yanapaccha Moraine Camp: camp by a lake Yanapaccha Moraine Camp: sun set by the lake Yanapaccha Moraine Camp: sun set by the lake

Yanapaccha climb
Yanapaccha climb: climbing at predawn Yanapaccha climb: Jim in the bergschrund Yanapaccha climb: Jim in the bergschrund Yanapaccha climb: Jim climbing up with a guided climbing party nearby Yanapaccha climb: Huascaran Sur (6768 m) and Norte (6664 m) seen from high up on Yanapaccha (5347 m) Yanapaccha climb Yanapaccha climb: crossing a bergschrund Yanapaccha climb: guided climbing party crossing a bergschrund Yanapaccha climb Yanapaccha climb Yanapaccha climb Yanapaccha climb Yanapaccha climb: Jim on the summit of Yanapaccha (5347 m) with Huascaran Sur (6768 m) and Norte (6664 m) looming behind Yanapaccha climb: Jim on the summit of Yanapaccha (5347 m) with Huascaran Sur (6768 m) and Norte (6664 m) looming behind Yanapaccha climb: Jim on the summit of Yanapaccha (5347 m) with Chopicalqui (6354 m), Huascaran Sur (6768 m) and Norte (6664 m) looming behind Yanapaccha climb: Jim on the summit of Yanapaccha (5347 m) Yanapaccha climb: Huandoy group seen from the summit of Yanapaccha (5347 m) with Huandoy Sur (6160 m), Huandoy Oeste (6356 m), Huandoy Norte (6395 m), and Huandoy Este (6000 m) Yanapaccha climb: Jim on the summit of Yanapaccha (5347 m) Yanapaccha climb: Chopicalqui (6354 m), Huascaran Sur (6768 m) and Huascaran Norte (6664 m) Yanapaccha climb Yanapaccha climb Yanapaccha climb: on the summit of Yanapaccha (5347 m) Yanapaccha climb: clouds moving in on the descend Yanapaccha climb: Jim about to reach the camp with Chopicalqui (6354 m), Huascaran Sur (6768 m) and Huascaran Norte (6664 m) in the background Yanapaccha climb: the cook of the guided party waves good bye (after demanding a tip for the shot)

Huaraz to Lima
Huaraz to Lima: last breakfast in Huaraz ("desajuno especial") with Jim, Axel, James, and Moritz Huaraz to Lima: rush hour in Huaraz as seen from the bus Huaraz to Lima: rush hour in Huaraz as seen from the bus