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== La Paz to Mt Chacaltaya ==
== La Paz to Mt Chacaltaya ==


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<big>'''To Mt.Chacaltaya'''</big>
<big>To Mt.Chacaltaya</big>


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'''<big>La Paz-Impressions</big>
<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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== To Mount Illimani ==
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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)
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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


La Paz-Impressions

Mount Huayna Potosi

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.


Illimani erich.JPG

Photos by Erich Gnaiger