by ADKeditor » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:25 pm
by FabienenCordoba » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:38 pm
by Brad Marshall » Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:42 pm
by Alpinist » Tue May 05, 2009 8:48 pm
by climberska » Tue May 19, 2009 5:56 am
by 7summits » Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:47 pm
divnamite wrote:The Secor one sucks, ditto on Harry Kikstra.
by divnamite » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:24 pm
by 7summits » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:35 pm
At the end of the snow/ice field you have to take a few steep steps
until you reach the rocky track leading up to the campsite at about
6200 m. Follow the tracks leading up the slope in front of you (with
Independencia refuge on top), and within a few hundred metres
this route merges with the Normal Route.
by divnamite » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:30 pm
by 7summits » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:00 am
divnamite wrote:1. There is a camp below the penitentes to camp 1 (15,000?). People could've use that one instead of going all the way back to basecamp.
divnamite wrote:2. When coming back down from camp 1 to basecamp, you don't have to go back down the penitentes. There is/was a steeeep scree trail on scree next to the snowfield, it could've save us a lot of time coming down because we had to constantly stop and let people to come up.
Aconcagua Guidebook wrote:"Descending from Camp 1, stay to the right of the snow if it’s still
there, using the scree directly below. Leave camp without crossing
the snow field or river; follow the steep scree curve down to the
right, running all the way to the base of the snowfield which you
might have to enter for a small stretch. It’s a steep but feasible slope.
(If you are descending after your fi rst carry to Camp 1 it makes good
practice for descending the Canaleta on summit day.)"
divnamite wrote:3. A better back-up route information. I think your book was better than Sector because yours show several options once getting around 17,500 where climbers can go up to camp 2 or traverse to other campsites via different routes. Sector's book doesn't show that, and climbers can't have a back up plan.
While I'll probably never go back there, I hope the newer version can give more information like that to help independent climbers.
by Olaf » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:17 pm
by 7summits » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:13 pm
by mconnell » Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:40 pm
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