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| bc44caesar | Ruta Weiss  Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2008 | |
| Camped at Laguna Timoncitos on New Year´s Eve on my fourth day in the mountains. Day 1 from La Mucuy to Laguna La Coromoto, day 2 to Laguna El Suero, day 3 Picos Humboldt and Bonpland, day 4 La Travesía to Laguna Timoncito, climbing La Concha en route. On Jan 1 I soloed the Ruta Weiss and downclimbed the route - a nice climb in good weather (except for the high winds!), although a little short (only 300m, and just a bit of it technical). Found out the teleférico wasn´t running and ended up hiking all the way to Mérida, finishing in the dark. I was under the impression there was a trail that followed the teleférico - well, there was a trail, of sorts... Cool mountain range - definitely worth a visit! | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2008 2:05 pm | ||
| sergio | I will be back | |
| One of my first serious climbs. I failed the summit as I was unprepared for the climb on the final pinnacle. I was guided by locals to approx. 13,000ft with small horses, camped near one of the many small lakes. The next day I reached 16,000 ft. then retreated as fast as possible as serious clouds came in and turned day into night. I got out of the mountain still shivering and drove into Merida for a few cold beers and some good food. Left for Canaima and a 10 day trek into the Amazon to the base of the Angel Falls. Simply unforgettable. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 6:57 am | ||
| Miguel Angel Perez | Route Climbed: Bourgoin Original Route Date Climbed: Sep. 10th 2005 | |
| After the Humboldt summit Joao Gomes and me thought of going up Bolivar but by the original (first summited) Bourgoin Route. It was during winter so there was a lot of snow in the "Garganta Bourgoin" but we didn't expected to be so technical and dificult after reaching the window of "Garganta Bourgoin". The last 50 meters took us almost 4 hours where we expected to do it in 20 min at the pace we were going. We had to go up and down looking for the best way up reaching false summits. I also think it took us this long because was our first time on this route and we didn't exactly know the way up. It was a very rewarding summit, with rock, snow and ice sections! We reached the summit at 1:30 pm having left Timoncito at 5:30 am. Hope to do it next time a lot faster! | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2005 4:31 pm | ||
| walter denzel | Route Climbed: Standard Route, I.E. Estación Pico Espejo - Laguna Timoncitos - Ruta Weiss (South Face) Date Climbed: August 10, 2004 | |
| Difficult snow climb - it was snowing at the top - the view was blocked - a great climb though! 11-year-old Michael reached the summit too. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2004 1:41 pm | ||
| forjan | Route Climbed: Ruta Weiss (south face) Date Climbed: February 5, 2004 | |
| I scope the route the day before (Wed. Feb 4th) and got to about 2/3 of the way. We camped at Laguna Timoncitos (15,243 ft). Mike Ostby and I left camp around 7:15am. Pitch 1 has like one 5.3 move (pitch 1 is known as "Las Escaleras"). You have bolted chains for belay 1 and belay 2. The bolted chains are on climber's left going up. Need to look carefully to find them against the grey rock. Pitch 2 is really class 3. Pitch 3 is class 3-4; pitch 3 ends at the notch/saddle (where you first get a view of Merida to the north). Pitch 4 is really a 20 meter (66 ft) walk traverse to the right (from the notch) on a 4-ft wide ledge. The last pitch, pitch 5, is a 5.4 chimney to the summit. We made the summit at 10:55am. Just before the summit is another bolted chain (we used this to rappel). Although the day was sunny, it was windy 'til the notch/saddle. We're back on camp at 1:30pm. Broke camp, packed up and headed towards Pico Espejo. From there we took the trail below Cresta El Gallo to Alto de La Cruz pass. From Alto de La Cruz pass (it was around sunset, approx 7pm), we hiked all the way down to Casa de Pedro near La Aguada (11,325 ft). Spent that night at Casa de Pedro (posada de Pedro Calderon Pen~a). It took us 7 hours from Laguna Timoncitos to La Aguada, a very long summit day. Finally, walked down to the town of Mucunutan (near Merida) next day, Friday, Feb 6th. See our trip report. | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2004 12:47 pm | ||
| mdostby | Route Climbed: Weiss Route Date Climbed: February 5th 2004 | |
| Two days after summatting Pico Humboldt, my partner Miguel Forjan (forjan) and myself summatted Pico Bolivar. Fun climbing at a moderatly high altitude. Spectacular views from the summit. Trip report by Forjan here. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2004 8:55 pm | ||
| Miguel Angel Perez | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: April, 2001. Sept. 2001. Dec, 2001, March 2003, April 2004 | |
| Climbed it 5 times via the normal route in all different types of conditions and tried it last July 2003 through the North Face route. The first time I summited we took from the Virgin of Pico Espejo down to Timoncito and up to the summit all in only 2 hours sharp! | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2003 11:14 am | ||
| benhil | Route Climbed: normal Date Climbed: december 2002 | |
| First we climbed the beautiful Pico Humboldt and then this stony summit. Since the cable lift to Merida was'nt working we hiked the same day to Los Nevados which is a long way to go. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2003 4:01 am | ||
| Martin74 | Route Climbed: Weiss (South Wall) Date Climbed: 08.03.2002 | |
| I came via Traverse from Lagoon "El Suero". It is a very beautiful landscape. The climbing was wonderful and not so difficult. From the top you have an excellent view over Merida and the other mountains. I enjoyed the days in the mountains. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2002 2:56 am | ||
| Klaus Frezza | Route Climbed: Weiss (South wall) Date Climbed: December 1995 | |
| The cable lift was not working at the time, so we trekked up from Mérida to Timoncito. Descended the south wall by rappel, which is the most exciting way of going down, short of flying a parapente. | ||
| Posted Apr 19, 2001 8:07 pm | ||
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