Nevado Sajama, 6.542m, Cordillera Real, Bolivia


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September 24th 2010
Published: September 26th 2010
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Sajama, the highest peak of Bolivia. It is a volcano with a huge crater on the top covered by snow. There are not many people going there, maybe because of the cold and terrible wind on some days, which often gets over 100km/h, it's very hard to climb then. When I was climbing, the weather was good, just the first day was a bit hard, we had to reach the high camp (5.650m) directly from the Sajama ... Read Full Entry



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the lunchthe lunch
the lunch

rice ready from yesterday, just preparing the sauce
few more metersfew more meters
few more meters

it was quite hard to get there, the earth was moving down under your legs and the wind was fucking strong, sometimes had to wait a minute till the wind got slower and continue fast (which is hard in this altitude with 20kg on your back) before it started to be too strong again
photograph too fastphotograph too fast
photograph too fast

the pose was not ready ;)
I was quite freshI was quite fresh
I was quite fresh

that night, it was my first time in the mountains, I slept more than two hours, so I have been ready to climb the Sajama!
on the topon the top
on the top

this is the place, where the Bolivians from the Sajama village played fotball to show that the altitude is not a problem :D
the top of the volcanothe top of the volcano
the top of the volcano

the summit was quite large, the volcano is full of snow



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