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Posted by carloselbrus on Jun 22, 2008
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Activity Details

Date: On Jan 1, 2009
Location: Chile
City or Place: Cerro Ojos del Salado
Skill Level: Intermediate
Categories: Mountaineering
Partner Status: Will accept Partners

Description

WE ARE GOING TO CLIMB OJOS DEL SALADO AFTER CLIMBED ACONCAGUA. OJOS DEL SALADO IS THE 2ND HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THE HIGHEST VULCANO IN EARTH.

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ldysrvyr	january
	when are you climbing A? we will be there in January..maybe be able to climb CS with you..
	Posted Jul 28, 2008 11:23 pm

makumba	cielos de los andes
	hola Carlos, cuando planeas exactamente lo de Aconcagua y Ojos del Salado, tambien planeo hacer ambas montañas pero entre diciembre 2008 y enero 2009 Aconcagua por la ruta normal, y Ojos por el lado chileno, enviame un PM Jeff
	Posted Jul 29, 2008 9:26 pm

FabienenCordoba	Acclimatation climbs
	Hi! Are you planning any acclimatation climbs before heading into the Aconcagua Provincial park? I don't plan to climb Aconcagua so I don't want to pay for the permit but I would be happy to climb with you outside the park if you plan a few ascents for better aclimatization (for ex. in the Cordon del Plata range...) Fabien
	Posted Sep 25, 2008 11:32 am

Bogusia	To everyone who is planning on climbing Ojos del Salado!
	Welcome! On the 29th of October, while descending the volcano, my husband Grzegorz (Gregory) Kostyra, went missing. Gregory and his two friends set off for Chile on the 20th of October. Their goal was Ojos del Salado. He and his friend reached the crater's edge on the 29th of October. At 4.15 pm Gregory's partner decided to go back. Gregory stayed a bit longer because he wanted to take some photos. Last time he was seen from the Tejos refuge while descending. Another friend, who had decided to stay in the refuge, was observing the light of his lantern. She claims that Gregory must have been at an altitude of 6,100 metres. The light disappeared suddenly - possibly Gregory entered a kind of a trough and never reappeared. Potentially he lost the way. Nevertheless, it's just one of the hypothesis and we do not know for sure what happened. It was already dark and his friends did not start looking for him until the next day. Because they could not find him, they decided to go back to a lower refuge, the Atacama, hoping that Gregory had somehow found his way and got there. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. On the 31st of October they informed the Chilean Authorities and official rescue operation started. It lasted until the 20th of November but gave no results. Since the 21st of November we have been looking for Gregory privately thanks to the help of the mountain guides from Aventurismo who had been involved as volunteers since the first day. As you are going to climb Ojos del Salado right now, please watch out for any signs that could help us to discover Gregory's whereabouts. Some days ago I set up a with my friends the special website in order to reach everyone who is planning on climbing the volcano Ojos del Salado - www.ojosdelsalado.info You'll find there a full description of Gregory's rescue operation. Thank you in advance for your help. Bogusia Marszalik-Kostyra. bogusia_ma_szalik@interia.pl
	Posted Dec 26, 2008 6:59 am

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