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| Page Type: Route Location: Cordillera Real, Bolivia, South America Lat/Lon: 16.2667°S / 68.1833°W Route Type: Snow and Ice, Glacier Time Required: Most of a day Difficulty: USA II/ AD /Ice+snow 50 degrees
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| Page By: El Tigre Valderrama Created/Edited: Aug 9, 2002 / Aug 9, 2002 Object ID: 156800 Hits: 3331 Loading... Page Score: 76.87% - 3 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Approach
From Zongo Pass get on the East moraine ridge, and keep going up toward the summit. You will have to follow cairns or “ducks” that mark the route: the path goes to the end of the obvious moraine, then down to the rith on the side of this moraine and then back up and to the left, until you reach the start of the glacier and the first camp site.
In Zongo Pass you can ask for porters. The family who lives there also can provide this service and believe me, it is best to get this help. This will be a very appropriate service since the hike can be strenuous, mainly if you are not well acclimatized.
You can either camp here, or keep going toward the Campamento Argentino, or Second Camp. To reach the second camp from the first camp, get your glacier travel gear and get on the glacier. The route will go more or less straight up on the glacier. Stay on the left of a rock spur and aim to the top of the glacier which is just another small ridge. Cross this ridge and keep going up and right. Just when the glacier gets steep, it turs to the left and then you immediately arrive to Campamento Argentino. Look for a good place to camp. This is a glacier, and besides the altitude, (5450 mts or 17880 ft) the camp site includes crevasses, avalanches and seracs that collapse. Is it a good idea to stay here after all?
Route Description
The route starts properly here. From the Campamento Argentino go towards the east face and after some 400 m-500m go to the right (north-east-east), toward the ridge above. There may be a beschgrounf to negotite so try to spot the best pass. The solope here can be of some 70 degress, but is short. Once on top of this ridge go to your left and up, heading north-east, crossing the glacier for some 300 mts until you see a big slope that goes to the summit. From here you can either keep going straight toward the right until you reach the ridge or climb straight up the summit face to the summit. (the ridge is very exposed so you may want to go up at once)
The decent is the same just described. The whole effort may take 6-8 hours from Campamento Argentino, and some 8-10 hours from Camp one. The total altitude gain from Campamento Argentino is 600mts.
Essential Gear
Glacier Travel is a must. On ice axe, one piket to rap on the firts slope after the Campamento Argentino may be necessary if your party's levelof skill is not good enough to downclimb
Miscellaneous Info
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Cordillera Real (Bolivia)
