Aconcagua - traverse routes info/coordinates?
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:24 am
Hi,
Does anyone have GPS coordinates or other information on the apparently multiple traverse routes connecting Camp 2 on the Polish Glacier side with the Normal Route?
My friend and I will be down there in a week and we intend on taking the Polish Direct up, then back down to Camp 2 and then traversing to the Normal Route (with all our gear in tow, yuck) the following day and then out.
R.J. Secor's book appears to show at least three traverses, with the False Polish being the highest, but then also a route that splinters off the False Polish and connects with Berlin Camp, and then another lower traverse that goes just above Nido de Condores.
We want to know how straightforward it is to take these traverse routes, and especially if the lower traverse or Berlin traverse would be worth taking, since that is when we'll have our heaviest loads to carry. Looking at the far away photos of the mountain, these traverses seem completely NOT obvious to me.
Any information or coordinates you may have on any of the three traverses would be a huge help! Thanks in advance!
Jason
Does anyone have GPS coordinates or other information on the apparently multiple traverse routes connecting Camp 2 on the Polish Glacier side with the Normal Route?
My friend and I will be down there in a week and we intend on taking the Polish Direct up, then back down to Camp 2 and then traversing to the Normal Route (with all our gear in tow, yuck) the following day and then out.
R.J. Secor's book appears to show at least three traverses, with the False Polish being the highest, but then also a route that splinters off the False Polish and connects with Berlin Camp, and then another lower traverse that goes just above Nido de Condores.
We want to know how straightforward it is to take these traverse routes, and especially if the lower traverse or Berlin traverse would be worth taking, since that is when we'll have our heaviest loads to carry. Looking at the far away photos of the mountain, these traverses seem completely NOT obvious to me.
Any information or coordinates you may have on any of the three traverses would be a huge help! Thanks in advance!
Jason