Mount Chacaltaya-Impressions
La Paz to Mt Chacaltaya
To Mt.Chacaltaya
Pyramid Lab Mt. Chacaltaya, 5280 m - High Altitude Museum
Lodge Mt. Chacaltaya
Above La Paz
in the background Mt. Illimani
Dirt road to Chacaltaya
Mt. Huayna Potosi (6,088 m)
La Paz-Impressions
Mount Huayna Potosi
Mt Huayna Potosi from Chacaltaya before start
Mt Huayna Potosi (6,088 m)
High-altitude group with guide Pablo
High-altitude group
On the way to camp
Porters crossing
Our porters
View from the camp
Setting up tents
besides the glacier at 5,100 m
Ascent
On the top: the team guided by Pablo to 6,088 m
View to Mt Illimani from the peak
John and Miki ready for descent
View to Lake Titikaka
Ridge art
Descent
View back to Chacaltaya (far right)
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Guide Pablo, MD
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.
