Stretnuti s Huyana Potosi/Encounter with H.P.

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Na nejblizsi 2 dny jsme se rozhodli pro vystup na horu huyana Potosi - kousek od La Pazu vysokou 6.088metru. Jedna z nejjednodussich sestitisicovek na svete. Rano jsme se zastavili v agenture, zkontrolovali potrebnou vystroj - i prestoze je 1 z nejjednodussich musite mit cepin, macky, helmu atd., protoze vetsinu vystupu jdete po ledovci. Pak jsme sedli do dzipu a vyrazili. Jelo se do zakladniho tabore ve 4.700 m, jen asi o 1000 vic nez La Paz a odtud s veskerou vystroji a dvema pruvodci se vyskravat do dalsiho tabore v 5.130 metrech. My jsme uz aklimatizovani, tak jsme sli jen na 2dny, vetsina lidi jde na 3 dny, ale i tak nekteri z nich nepremohou vyskovou nemoc a vrati se. Muzete mit svaly jako Schwarzenegger za mlada, ale nevite jak budete reagovat ve vyskach...Vystup byl rychly a bez problemu - zatim ani nesnezilo...V tabore jsme si dali lehkou veceri a sli do posteli /matrac na zemi a spacak/, s ostatnimi spolulezci - celkem nas bylo asi 10 - 3 z nich to vzdali prakticky hned. Spat se moc nedalo, ale aspon par hodin se hodi, protoze nas ceka budicek ve 12 v noci.

For the next 2 days we decided to climb up on Huayna Potosi, mountain close to La Paz, 6088 metres high. It is one of the worlds easiest 6K. In the morning we turned up in our agency, checked out all our gear - despite being easy one you still need a special equipment, because most of time you walk on glaciar. Aftewards we got to jeep and set off. We drove to the base camp at 4700m, just about 1000m higher than La Paz and from here with all our equipment and two guides to refugio at 5130m. We were already acclimatized so we chose to go for two days ascent, but most people went for 3 days but even though for some people it is not enough and high altitude sickness is just too much to bear. You can look like young Schwarzenegger, but you dont know how your body will react in the mountains. Our todays climb was quick and without any problems - no snow so far... In the refugio we had very light dinner and went to bed /mattress on floor and sleeping bag/ with the rest - there were 10 in total - 3 of them gave up immediately. Sleeping was nearly impossible, but we needed at least few hours, because we had to wake up at midnight.

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