{"id":22376,"date":"2019-05-21T13:41:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T21:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=22376"},"modified":"2019-05-21T13:41:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T21:41:49","slug":"img-bolivia-expedition-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/21\/bolivia\/img-bolivia-expedition-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"IMG Bolivia Expedition Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 21, 2019<\/p>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p>Good news: everyone made it to La Paz safe and sound with all their luggage. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-22376 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/la-paz-illimani_gv.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[22376]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/la-paz-illimani_gv-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/la-paz-illimani_gv-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/la-paz-illimani_gv-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/la-paz-illimani_gv-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/la-paz-illimani_gv-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/la-paz-illimani_gv-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/la-paz-illimani_gv-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/la-paz-illimani_gv.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22378'>\n\t\t\t\tThe view of Illimani (21,200 ft) from La Paz  (Greg Vernovage)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lake-titicaca-sunset_gv.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[22376]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lake-titicaca-sunset_gv-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lake-titicaca-sunset_gv-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lake-titicaca-sunset_gv-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lake-titicaca-sunset_gv-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lake-titicaca-sunset_gv-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lake-titicaca-sunset_gv-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lake-titicaca-sunset_gv-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/lake-titicaca-sunset_gv.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22377'>\n\t\t\t\tA nice place to acclimatize!  Sunset over Lake Titicaca at 12,500 ft    (Greg Vernovage)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over the next couple weeks, the team will travel to the Condoriri area for training and an ascent of Pequeno Alpamayo (17,482\u00e2\u20ac\u2122), then on to Huayna Potosi (19,974\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) and finally to Illimani (21,200\u00e2\u20ac\u2122).<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to following along with them.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Simonson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the way to start a trip! 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