Cordillera Occidental (Chile / Bolivia) > Sajama > Climber's LogSajama Climber's Log
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| Woodie Hopper | NW ridge Date Climbed: May 23, 2012 | |
| Made it to high camp (5,700m) quickly in less than 3 hours from base camp, partially due to the unusual amount of snow. Winds picked-up during the afternoon and became fierce after sundown, eventually breaking some of our tent poles and destroying a neighboring tent. | |
| Posted May 24, 2012 9:16 am | ||
| Fabrice.Rimlinger | Nop... too impressed Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2011 | |
| Too many things in my head that day. I turned back before La Canaleta. | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2012 4:32 pm | ||
| cabouckaert1 | Too windy... Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2010 | |
| Attempted this beast during my trip to Bolivia when I also did Huayna Potosi. Made it to high camp (5900m) where we spent the night but the guides deemed it too dangerous to attempt the summit so descended the next morning... Reason was very high winds, none of us really slept during the night because our tents took such a beating. I have to admit I was borderline relieved because the climb up to high camp with a much too heavy backpack and really frustrating loose scree meant I was pretty dead by the time I made it to high camp.. Anyway, big beautiful mountain but not easy! | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2012 12:04 pm | ||
| nbaisburd | Sajama  | |
| The false summits made this the hardest climb for me this trip. | |
| Posted Dec 13, 2011 6:18 pm | ||
| Guillaume.Ceyrac | Will certainly come back... Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2011 | |
| Good shape, acclimatized, perfect weather but... alone and not enough confident for "soloing" the little icy climb below the glacier. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2011 10:45 am | ||
| bighornmonkey | as part of a twofer Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2011 | |
| From the village of Sajama: 1 day to base camp, 1 day to high camp, 1 day to the summit (4h30min) and all the way back down to the village. A short section of penitentes but otherwise a smooth summit push. Did another 6000m peak (Parinacota, on the other side of the border in Chile) two days later. First 6000m twofer. Hee haa! | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2011 10:45 am | ||
| LS | Fantastico Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2011 | |
| Climbed the north west ridge together with SP'er nbaisburd. Reached the summit in 5 hours from High Camp. Blue skies and no wind!! We also met Kevin Treu, who have signed the summit log below. See trip report, GPS track and photos at my blog Distantpeak | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2011 12:02 pm | ||
| kevin trieu | Perfecto! Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2011 | |
| Started at high camp of the NW Ridge in a windless and balmy morning. This peak is notorious for windy conditions but I didn't experience any of that. Reached the summit in 5 hours and 6 hours back to town. Walking on the road back to the village of Sajama in my double boots made my feet very unhappy. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2011 11:23 am | ||
| bruno baschung | normal NW route Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2011 | |
| Normal route climbed in nice weather. A bit windy and quite cold. A nice demanding climb. I checked 6555m with GPS on the top. Wondreful view, really worth a visit. Bruno BASCHUNG | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2011 1:02 pm | ||
| edomar2611 | Normal Route from North Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2009 | |
| Toghether with other 6 firends of mine and three mountain guides we attempted the normal Route of Sajama, starting from Pueblo Sajama. We spent one night at Base Camp (4800 m) and one night at Camp 1 (5700 m). No wind, with -14°C! We were lucky! A lot of high penitentes (half meter) between the beginning of the ice part pf the route and the top. Great view of Chile and Bolivia from the top! | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2011 2:42 pm | ||
| 7summits | Hard snowless climb Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2010 | |
| The only team on Sajama for the 3 days we were there! Great area. October is too late, or maybeglobal warming takes it toll: zero snow between High camp and the glacier, 500m up -> water problems, a very dangerous, dusty avalanche gully and 100% Penitentes, all the way to the summit. Should be easy hike up in snow conditions, but much harder now. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2010 7:10 am | ||
| rgg | Too windy Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2009 | |
| We didn't even start our summit attempt. Due to strong winds we decided to go down from high camp. Another time, perhaps. | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2010 11:51 am | ||
| monkeypike | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2010 | |
| We set off from high camp (5675m) at 0245 and reached the top (6554m) just after sun rise at 0700. It was -3C at high camp with no wind. We climbed with Ignacio Pacaje from Sajama village who we also climbed Parinacota and Pomerape with and I would highly recommend. You can contact him through the Park office. | ||
| Posted Aug 25, 2010 3:51 pm | ||
| astrobassman | Cold, windy, dark summit Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2010 | |
| The high winds made getting out of the tent the crux for me. Made the summit from high camp in about 4 hours. The technical pitch before the easy snow slopes was more difficult than anything on Illimani due to the ice. The NW ridge route isn´t near as aesthetic as Illimani´s normal route, but still a worthwhile objective and I´m happy to have climbed Bolivia´s highest mountain. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2010 3:17 pm | ||
| BLong | Bolivia High Point Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2009 | |
| Had a great summer trip up the cold, windy high point of Bolivia. I climbed it with an American friend and Eduardo M. from Bolivia Mountains, whom I highly recommend: www.boliviamountains.com/ Unlike the other peaks we climbed in Bolivia, Sajama had far more extreme weather conditions. See the TR here: http://www.summitpost.org/an-expedition-in-the-bolivian-andes/547342 | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2009 11:25 pm | ||
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| cabouckaert1 | Re: Bolivia High Point | |
| Also climbed with Eduardo, great guides - they also now work independently through http://www.bolivianmountainguides.com/ | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2012 12:08 pm | ||
| johnmountaineering | Great climb ! Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2009 | |
| After summiting Illimani we climbed Sajama, the conditions were not the best but thanks to Eulogio Tarqui (our guide) who did a great job we summited Bolivia`s highest mountain. Thanks to Bolivian Journeys. www.bolivianjourneys.org (the best mountaineering company in Bolivia...) | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2009 9:00 am | ||
| tatraman | NE route skied down Date Climbed: May 25, 2006 | |
| We ascended Sajama in May 2006 via Normal route (NE)and descended using skis from summit to app. 5200m. Better option is taking the SW ridge for skiing / better snow also leter in the season. www.skicordillera.expedition.sk | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2007 7:10 am | ||
| Niederbayer | Aug 2004 - | |
| reached 6000 m - heavy snowfall/poor visibility forced us to turn back | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2007 7:40 pm | ||
| althegreek | nw ridge Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2006 | |
| beautiful, though cold climb. made it to summit in 4 hours from high camp, despite the penitentes. experienced very high winds at high camp, but the tents withstood it. nice mountain overall. the locals of the village were extremely helpful, informative and organized. nice to see them working together with the climbers. | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2006 10:39 pm | ||
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