Climbing Huayna Potosi

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May 17th 2005

Published: May 20th 2005

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zusk

Hiking up!

So, I talked to all the tour agencies in La Paz, I was thinking about working for one of them, helping out with some mountian guiding. BUT, I sort of got a little sick of La Paz and had to get out for a while...

I did however meet some Bolivian and Ecuadorian mountain guides who were doing a training course on Mt. Huayna Potosi (6088m) and needed some gringos to act as clients...Sounds perfect.

So we hiked up to base camp at 5200m, got up at 1am and attempted the mountain...Our team made it to within 150m of the summit and had to turn around.. Bad weather and a bit of altitude sickness. It´s bloody hard work climbing at altitude!!

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