6088 m! And that's an altitude record! At least for me. Climbing Huayna Potosi mountain is difficult mostly because of the altitude of the summit, where the barometric pressure is more than twice as low as on the sea level. This means twice less air! The climb itself is not technically demanding, so even people who has never done serious climbing before, like me, could attempt it. The main thing here is acclimatization. You need to spend allot of time at high altitude, before attempting this climb. And even if you're acclimatized enough, still every physical effort you'll do will be much more difficult at this altitude and you'll feel the lack of oxygen straight away. On the first day of this 3 days climb, we arrived to the base camp at 4700 m, from where
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