mneagle Posted January 19, 2002 Posted January 19, 2002 My fiancee and I are planning a trip to Bolivia for the month of May. We'd like to find 1 or 2 more people to tie in with. I'd anticipate mostly trade routes, but I'll probably bring some tools along, just in case conditions are good and I can convince Jill she is as good a climber as she actually is. I've climbed there twice before, spending a lot of time around Condoriri (my last trip-report: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000642). I'd like to get up Illimani and then go up to Sorata and check out Illampu and Ancohuma. If access is feasable I'd think about venturing into some of the more remote places as well. If anyone is interested in joining us for some or all of the month, send me an e-mail at: mneagle@u.washington.edu Quote
mneagle Posted January 19, 2002 Author Posted January 19, 2002 Screwed up the TR address w/ the parenthesis, here it is: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000642 Quote
Ken_Abeldt Posted February 22, 2002 Posted February 22, 2002 I know what you mean about still looking. I've been planning a trip to Bolivia for about a year & was getting some good responses prior to Sept. From then on out It's been very slow. In-fact about a month ago, I was thinking of cancelling the trip. Now all of a sudden, I seem to have enough people for a strong team. We'll be going the last 3-weeks of July. By the way, I enjoyed reading your post, long winded, but had some good info. If I have any questions concerning Bolivia, would you mind if I shot them your way? Adios! Elwood Quote
Ibex Posted February 22, 2002 Posted February 22, 2002 My soon to be wife and I are going to S.A. for our honeymoon in May. We are probably heading to Ecuador though. Still up in the air. Can you be more specific on what you looking to do? Shawn sdhigbee@iastate.edu Quote
JRCO Posted February 22, 2002 Posted February 22, 2002 I went to Bolivia in 1995. I stayed in La Paz for several days. As I recall the Lonely Planet guide to Bolivia had all the information you would ever need to find cheap eats and sleeps. As far as climbing, we did not climb but I did check out quite a few of the mountainering stores. I would recommend not trying to buy any climbing gear or your high altitude food in Bolivia. Bring it all with you. Quote
freeclimb9 Posted February 22, 2002 Posted February 22, 2002 recent floods have rearranged some neighborhoods in La Paz. Bummer. Quote
JRCO Posted February 22, 2002 Posted February 22, 2002 The floods probably cleaned all the trash out of the river through town though. Quote
CraigA Posted February 23, 2002 Posted February 23, 2002 mneagle: Do you have any pic's from the trip? Cool report, sounds like a blast. Quote
mneagle Posted February 23, 2002 Author Posted February 23, 2002 Well, I'm still looking for partners if anybody is interested. Please pass it around to your friends. I can't believe it's this hard to drum up a few climbers for some of the best alpine climbing around. We've only gotten a few replies and all of them from couples, which leads me to wonder whether people are scared away by the thought of climbing with a couple. We're not looking for a double date or partners to swing with, we're looking for climbing partners. I'd worry more whether you could keep up with Jill, sje's a real bad ass. So let's go climb. Also, we'll be trekking in Chile for the month of April. We're planning on doing the Torres del Paine circuit and wondering if anybody has any advice on side trips or getting back and forth to and from the park. Is the boat trip worth the extra time and is it reliable? Quote
freeclimb9 Posted February 24, 2002 Posted February 24, 2002 quote: Originally posted by mneagle: Well, I'm still looking for partners if anybody is interested. dude, you only need one partner. Why the plural? Personally, I'd love to go to Bolivia, and have lusted over Brain's guide for years. But planning has never been my forte, and the future is uncertain. Quote
mneagle Posted February 25, 2002 Author Posted February 25, 2002 I've learned from past experience that usually not every person on a team is healthy every day. Diarrhea, sprained ankles, etc undoubtably occur and it's good to have a few extra people on the rope. Quote
mtnnut Posted February 25, 2002 Posted February 25, 2002 After having gone on a trip to the same area, I would encourage anyone thinking of going along to come with a partner. Being a couple on vacation usually means that if one couple/partner doesn't want to do something, the other doesn't either. So unless the single climber doesn't mind soloing peaks (while travelling over modest glaciers), they will be able to accomplish more with a similarly inclined parter (who you ideally have climbed with before). It isn't that there are necessarily problems with having that additional person be single, but after having been that person, I can see benefits to having your own climbing partner. Quote
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