May 21, 2019
The summer climbing season is beginning in Bolivia, and our IMG team is ready to take advantage of the good weather and conditions in the Cordillera Real mountains!
Good news: everyone made it to La Paz safe and sound with all their luggage. That’s the way to start a trip! After a day of acclimatization in La Paz, today the team moved up to Lake Titicaca (about 12,500ft) for more acclimatization. Bolivia is HIGH, so we need to take it slow and easy!
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- The view of Illimani (21,200 ft) from La Paz (Greg Vernovage)
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- A nice place to acclimatize! Sunset over Lake Titicaca at 12,500 ft (Greg Vernovage)
Over the next couple weeks, the team will travel to the Condoriri area for training and an ascent of Pequeno Alpamayo (17,482’), then on to Huayna Potosi (19,974’) and finally to Illimani (21,200’).
We are looking forward to following along with them.
Eric Simonson