FROM MEXICO TO ARGENTINA 2006 - 07
PERU. ALPAMAYO, "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD" (Aug 2007) text
Packing our stuff
We are leaving
Santa
Cruz valley
Day 2
South-east face of Alpamayo
Base Camp. We will carry
rucksacks ourselves from here
It snowed a lot at night
Day 3
We spent all day resting
Later another group arrived
Late afternoon
Our route - French Direct
(450m)
We climbed at night
With Ike on the top of
Alpamayo. He led almost entire route
View from Alpamayo
Ike throwing the ropes
Abseiling didn't take long
Rappelling bergshrund
Walking along the bergshrund
Climbers can be seen
rappelling
Snow is sticking under
crampons
The same day we went down
to Base Camp
Laguna Jatuncocha in Santa
Cruz Valley. It's a popular trekking route