High Camp Hotel, Huayna Potosí

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High Camp Hotel, Huayna Potosí

High Camp Hotel, Huayna Potosí

This photo shows the 5-star digs on Huayna Potosí. I suppose you need a serious establishment on a peak where dozens of climbers visit daily. Anyways, this is the official high camp (there are a couple of agencies that stupidly use higher high camps). We made the summit in around 3 hours 15 minutes from this point. The camp is 2-floors, with tables on the bottom floor (where the guides also sleep) and dozens of dirty foam beds on the second floor.
BLong
on Aug 20, 2009 5:51 pm
Lat/Lon: 16.27928°S / 68.15506°W
Image Type(s): Informational
Image ID: 543337

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Nyle Walton

Nyle Walton - Sep 5, 2009 11:18 am - Hasn't voted

Just like the Alps

This "hotel" didn't exist in 1958 when I climbed Huayna Potosi. I wonder when was it built? Where is it located and how close to the summit is it?
Obviously Huayna Potosi has become a far more popular climb than it was fifty one years ago. I believe we were the only party to reach its summit that year.

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