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== La Paz to Mt Chacaltaya == | == La Paz to Mt Chacaltaya == | ||
ย | <big>'''To Mt.Chacaltaya'''</big> | ||
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''' | <big>'''La Paz-Impressions'''</big> | ||
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File:Descent4.JPG|View back to Chacaltaya (far right) | File:Descent4.JPG|View back to Chacaltaya (far right) | ||
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File:Descent6.JPG|Guide Pablo, MD | File:Descent6.JPG|Guide Pablo, MD | ||
File:Mthuayna.jpg|Mt. Huayna Potosi (6,088 m), viewed from the Chacaltaya laboratory, was climbed by Christopher Davis (Denver), Sonja Songa Jameson-Van Houten (Denver/Eugene), Miki, Jon Elliott (Eugene), Erich Gnaiger (Innsbruck), led by Pablo (MD, La Paz), on 2012-08-01 during a 1.5-days break from the AltitudeOmics 2012 project. Photography by Erich Gnaiger. | File:Mthuayna.jpg|Mt. Huayna Potosi (6,088 m), viewed from the Chacaltaya laboratory, was climbed by Christopher Davis (Denver), Sonja Songa Jameson-Van Houten (Denver/Eugene), Miki, Jon Elliott (Eugene), Erich Gnaiger (Innsbruck), led by Pablo (MD, La Paz), on 2012-08-01 during a 1.5-days break from the AltitudeOmics 2012 project. Photography by Erich Gnaiger. | ||
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== Mount Illimani == | == Mount Illimani == | ||
<big>'''To Mount Illimani'''</big> | |||
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<big>'''Mount Illimani, 6438 m'''</big> | |||
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::::'''AltitudeOmics 2012''' - After completing the work package on muscle biopsies and mitochondrial high-resolution respirometry at Chacaltaya (5,200 m), the team returned to La Paz on August 10 (taking a shower at 3,700 m). | |||
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::::On August 11, mountain guide Dr. Juan Pablo Ando (MD, La Paz; [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]]) drove with Dr. Erich Gnaiger (Innsbruck) and Dr.a Carina Isabel Moreno (La Paz) from La Paz to the foot of Mt. Illimani - full of impressions on their way: | |||
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::::They followed their two Aimaran porters to the high camp where they were the only group that night. They reached the tent in the dark (4 hours), enjoying a late-night soup while keeping warm in our sleeping bags. | |||
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::::Pablo and Erich started the climb at 04:30, reaching the summit at 13:30. | |||
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::::They returned very fast to the high camp at 16:30. By that time, three other tents had been set up in the camp. | |||
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::::By night, they descended to the base and had a few hours of sleep in the car or the tent. They arrived back in La Paz in the morning (07:00), such that Erich could catch his flight out of El Alto (4,000 m) in the same morning. | |||
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File:Illimani1.JPG|Chacaltaya refugio (5,200 m) and Mt. Illimani | |||
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File:Illimani3.JPG|Mt. Illimani (6,438 m) seen from Mt. Chacaltaya | |||
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File:Illimani5.JPG|Mountain guide Dr. Juan Pablo Ando (ascent) | |||
File:Illimani6.JPG|Isabel, Mt. Illimani in the background | |||
File:Illimani7.JPG|Pablo | |||
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File:Illimani14.JPG|The Aimaran porters are extremely fast even at high altitude. | |||
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File:Illimani30.JPG|Descent | |||
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File:Illimani33.JPG|Return to the high-camp (photo by Isabel) | |||
File:Illimani34.JPG|Illimani high-camp | |||
File:Illimani35.JPG|Pablo, Isabel and Erich | |||
File:Illimani36.JPG|Mementos at high-camp (Foto by Isabel) | |||
File:Illimani37.jpg|Mt. Illimani at take-off from El Alto (2012-08-13) | |||
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Photos by [[Gnaiger_Erich|Erich Gnaiger]] |
Latest revision as of 10:36, 28 November 2016
La Paz to Mt Chacaltaya
To Mt.Chacaltaya
Pyramid Lab Mt. Chacaltaya, 5280 m - High Altitude Museum
La Paz-Impressions
Mount Huayna Potosi
Mt. Huayna Potosi (6,088 m), viewed from the Chacaltaya laboratory, was climbed by Christopher Davis (Denver), Sonja Songa Jameson-Van Houten (Denver/Eugene), Miki, Jon Elliott (Eugene), Erich Gnaiger (Innsbruck), led by Pablo (MD, La Paz), on 2012-08-01 during a 1.5-days break from the AltitudeOmics 2012 project. Photography by Erich Gnaiger.
Mount Illimani
To Mount Illimani
Mount Illimani, 6438 m
- AltitudeOmics 2012 - After completing the work package on muscle biopsies and mitochondrial high-resolution respirometry at Chacaltaya (5,200 m), the team returned to La Paz on August 10 (taking a shower at 3,700 m).
- On August 11, mountain guide Dr. Juan Pablo Ando (MD, La Paz; [email protected]) drove with Dr. Erich Gnaiger (Innsbruck) and Dr.a Carina Isabel Moreno (La Paz) from La Paz to the foot of Mt. Illimani - full of impressions on their way:
- They followed their two Aimaran porters to the high camp where they were the only group that night. They reached the tent in the dark (4 hours), enjoying a late-night soup while keeping warm in our sleeping bags.
- Pablo and Erich started the climb at 04:30, reaching the summit at 13:30.
- They returned very fast to the high camp at 16:30. By that time, three other tents had been set up in the camp.
- By night, they descended to the base and had a few hours of sleep in the car or the tent. They arrived back in La Paz in the morning (07:00), such that Erich could catch his flight out of El Alto (4,000 m) in the same morning.
Photos by Erich Gnaiger