Chacraraju from the summit ridge of Yanapaccha

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30 July 2011.

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fantastic mountains

Voted 10/10

simply too impressive!

cheers,

Tomek Lodowy

Posted Nov 18, 2012 9:09 am


	rgg	Re: fantastic mountains
	Hasn't voted	I couldn't agree more! At 6108m, the western summit (the left one of the two high peaks) is not the highest one in the area, but that shape, and then those impossibly steep flutings; I couln't keep my eyes off of it!
		Posted Nov 18, 2012 9:48 am

Wow!

Voted 10/10

A fantastic shot!
cheers
silvia

Posted Nov 18, 2012 1:15 pm


	rgg	Re: Wow!
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Silvia. Are you up for climbing this one ;-)? Ciao, Rob
		Posted Nov 19, 2012 10:41 am


	Silvia Mazzani	Re: Wow!
	Voted 10/10	Ehe ehe, it's an ice-climbing classed ED! Maybe it's too much for me!
		Posted Nov 19, 2012 12:03 pm


	rgg	Re: Wow!
	Hasn't voted	Yes, I know! I wasn't planning of climbing it myself either, but I thought that it would make a great picture if there was someone on it ;-)
		Posted Nov 19, 2012 1:19 pm


	Buz Groshong	Re: Wow!
	Voted 10/10	You do realize that about as many people have died on it as have summitted! Fantastic shot!
		Posted Nov 27, 2012 9:37 am


	rgg	Re: Wow!
	Hasn't voted	I knew it's extremely difficult to climb as well as very dangerous, but had no idea it was that bad. I just figured that the danger would be so obvious that of the few that would actually go there, intending to attempt to climb it, most would be sensible enough to turn back before even starting. I mean, conditions have to be perfect in the first place, and even then, you still don't know how long that stuff above you will stick to the mountain ...
		Posted Nov 27, 2012 4:03 pm


	Buz Groshong	Re: Wow!
	Voted 10/10	I might have exaggerated it a bit. It is rarely climbed - I doubt anyone here on SP has climbed it. And there do seem to be a fair number of deaths on it - a couple in 2011, I believe.
		Posted Dec 4, 2012 3:13 pm

A stunner!

Voted 10/10

An absolutely magnificent shot of this magnificent mountain, Rob!
Cheers,
Eric

Posted Nov 18, 2012 5:13 pm

should be more

Voted 10/10

than POD!
Thanks for posting it, Michael

Posted Nov 19, 2012 9:51 am


	rgg	Re: should be more
	Hasn't voted	Thanks for the confidence. Tschüß, Rob
		Posted Nov 19, 2012 10:57 am

Makes me nervous

Voted 10/10

Looking at the ridge....

Posted Nov 19, 2012 9:29 pm


	rgg	Re: Makes me nervous
	Hasn't voted	You mean the one on Chacraraju, right? I mean, the ridge in the foreground isn't very difficult. As for Chacraraju, I would be very surprised if anyone has ever even tried to do a full traverse of the summit ridge. Both summits are climbed occasionally, and the normal routes, if you can call it that for something like this, are extremely difficult. There are routes that lead straight to the west or east summit, others go up the face and end by following part of the ridge to one of the summits. So, if anybody wants to set a new standard, traversing that ridge would be a great project for it! By the way, when I googled Chracraraju, I came across this exciting and well written trip report. Now that makes me nervous too!
		Posted Nov 20, 2012 7:50 am

wow

Voted 10/10

amazing shot.. and no dogs in sight!

Posted Nov 21, 2012 5:35 pm


	rgg	Re: wow
	Hasn't voted	Woof! Woof Woof! Translation: It's too steep for us dogs here.
		Posted Nov 22, 2012 6:43 am


	rgg	Re: wow
	Hasn't voted	I belatedly realized that you might be referring to the small dark shape a bit further down on the ridge. That's not a dog though; it's a backpack. It really is too steep for a dog. We gained this ridge by climbing up the steep slope directly to the left of the backpack.
		Posted Nov 29, 2012 5:24 am