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Almanas - Jul 16, 2024 2:23 am Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2024
South Summit July 2024Leaving high camp at 01.15 and summitting at 06.45 on a perfect Andean winter day.
Great conditions with not much difficulty getting up the steeper sections.
arosusi - Apr 2, 2020 10:08 am Date Climbed: Jan 9, 2020
IllimaniGreat mountain with great views.
triyoda - Sep 10, 2019 7:45 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2019
Denali next?Did this to see if I could handle the high altitude. Learned a few things, hope to apply lessons on Denali in the next few years.
Bill562 - Aug 17, 2019 11:22 am Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2019
Normal routeWith Ania M and Edgar P from camp at 5500m. Relatively cold, about 30 below 0.
Matt Lemke - Mar 9, 2019 9:26 am Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2018
Unguided with Elaine via normal routeThis was an amazing capstone climb to our 4 month trip in South America. Highest I have ever climbed as of this point.
runout - Dec 29, 2018 12:38 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2005
Little new snowSolo.
Fog and wind on the summit.
The guided groups didn't go because of 5cm new snow.
Farmer - Feb 10, 2018 8:12 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2017
Normal routeWhat a briljant mountain. Great view from Nido de Condores to Sajama area - La Paz. We went a bit to fast. It was 5:30 when we arrived on the summit... Bloody dark and bloody cold..
NatureGirl - Aug 17, 2017 2:24 pm Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2017
cold summitwe were very lucky inbetween big groups we had the summit for ourselves ... only the 5 of us in base and highcamp and then on the summit ... wonderful!
cinnamonletter - May 20, 2016 2:40 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2012
A beautyAn unmissable climb if you're in La Paz.
It took me 5.5 hrs from high camp, and it was quite windy throughout the night but when we got to the top all winds died down. That lucky I was :)
gordonye - Jul 7, 2015 6:30 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2015
Failed attemptAttempted this beautiful peak with Mike Chen, but I encountered unexpected snow conditions - turned around at 5800 m.
mgware - Jun 30, 2015 4:38 pm Date Climbed: May 6, 2014
Alone on the mountainMy guide and I were alone on the mountain. From high camp, the avalanches and glaciers made noise all night. This was truly a spiritual experience.
Cloud Ocean - Feb 20, 2015 11:04 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2014
Normal Route3:45 from the car to Nido de Condores in the afternoon, 4:30 to the summit that night. Perfect conditions, but a very chilly climb in shadow until late morning. The sunrise was spectacular, as were the views over the mountain's other summits and towards distant peaks. A big mountain, and a beautiful one.
Humberto - Aug 7, 2014 10:26 pm Date Climbed: May 18, 2014
BeautifulFun climb with my buddies Adrian and Julver. 2 of us were not acclimatized but despite that we maintained a nice and steady pace that got us to 6k before the unstable snow conditions forced us to turn around.
richardpattison - Jul 29, 2014 3:37 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2013
Normal route in 2 daysA 2 day climb: Taxi from La Paz then hiked up to High camp (Nido de Condores). Summitted on day 2 and descended back to Pinaya.
jasperreed - May 14, 2014 12:28 pm
Nice but too fastSummited with a local guide in 2011. Easier than expected, not much more difficult than Hyuana Potosi. Don't do what I did and go super fast on the ascent, arriving in the dark. You'll need that energy later!
alisha - Jun 15, 2013 3:58 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2012
Normal RouteSummitted with a completely clear sky. I actually found it easier than Huayna Potosi, definitely less traffic. Did the summit and returned to the base village all in one day.
starybaran - Aug 6, 2012 2:19 pm
Normal RouteGreat mountain with great views. Very easy, just bit long. With my friend we even didnt have oportunity to use ice axes.
Fabrice.Rimlinger - Feb 13, 2012 4:29 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2011
Normal routeGreat climb. high camp >> Summit >> back to the car @ 2pm... wrecked but happy. Nido de Condores (high camp) offers great view over distant city of La Paz.
nbaisburd - Dec 13, 2011 6:11 pm
Normal routeClimbed the normal route with SP member LS. It was a fun one even though we had to attempt it twice due to 2 stolen ice axes in high camp.
Alberto Rampini - Nov 16, 2011 5:47 pm Date Climbed: Jun 19, 1986
A great mountainBeautiful