Trip: Peru- Cordillera Blanca- Tocllaraju - West Face Direct
Date: 7/16/2007
Trip Report:
jesse newman, craig gyselinck, and i hiked up the ishinca valley to basecamp on sunday after acclimatizing on vallunaraju 5686meters and an attempt on alpamayo 5947meters cutshort by a stomach virus. on monday craig and i left basecamp at 330pm. jesse stayed behind still feeling sick from alpamayo.craig and i reached the base of the face at about 8pm and began simulsoloing.we roped up for the 100meters to the ridge(80 degree ice)and reached the summit about 1am. the descent took 3 30meter rappels, some downclimbing, and a lot of tired walking and we made it back to basecamp around 7am. the route was spectacular but unfortunately the views were missed by climbing through the night.
West Face of Tocllaraju- route goes up center of face
the ishinca valley on the hike in
base camp
jesse and a burro
Gear Notes:
3 screws
4 pickets
1 60m rope
Approach Notes:
burros to carry the gear