We had planned to travel into the Cordillera Quimsa Cruz for some alpine rock climbing, but after alot of research today (ie two separate taxi rides around La Paz and much 'googling' on the net) we determined that it would not be worth the effort. Poor conditions right now in the Quimsa Cruz, combined with mega $$$ for 8 hours of travel on rough roads (have you been into the Ghost?!?!) resulted in the change of plans. Instead, we are going to do a bit of sport climbing for a couple of days, and then on Sunday we hope to make our way into Huanya Potosi, a popular 6088 meter peak in the Cordillera Real. We have been looking at it on the horizon (check out the pic in this post) for the past week and are excited to stand on its summit!
3 comments:
elmo said....holy!!!! that is a lot of feet high!!! how long will that take you guys to get to the top? do you use the mules too?
Enjoy your next few days & get rested up. Love you guys
No mules for this trip. A road takes you quite high up and then we will use porters to go to high camp. It is inexpensive ($10 per porter), supports the local economy, and yes we are the lazy Canucks.
Todd
I would beg to differ you guys are lazy, I would be all about paying anyone I could find to haul my packs!! Have a safe journey and don't be afraid to use those porters LOL!
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