In The CORDILLERA BLANCA For JULY And AUGUST 2011 (NOW)
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:38 amHi all,
I'm a 22 year old Medschool student who just finishing up a 4 week trauma rotation in Trujillo. I'll be in Huaraz for the next four weeks (25July-18August) the plan is to run, backpack, climb and scramble up and down the valley. But I'd love to make it higher and summit a few peaks. I have plenty of trekking experience (solo 450km hike in the swedish arctic) and I have been climbing for quite a few years now. Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to do any mountaineering (Canada's east coast is pretty flat). My alpine experience doesn't go much further then scrambling in the Swiss alps and bagging peaks in northern Sweden and Norway.
I understand that taking a first timer up is a huge responsibility and its not what you came down here to do. But if anyone has a day or two to kill, some knowledge to pass on, and would like to head up and show me the ropes, I'd be forever grateful.
If not does anyone have any recommendations on where to start.
Cheers,
Ben phelan
I'm a 22 year old Medschool student who just finishing up a 4 week trauma rotation in Trujillo. I'll be in Huaraz for the next four weeks (25July-18August) the plan is to run, backpack, climb and scramble up and down the valley. But I'd love to make it higher and summit a few peaks. I have plenty of trekking experience (solo 450km hike in the swedish arctic) and I have been climbing for quite a few years now. Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to do any mountaineering (Canada's east coast is pretty flat). My alpine experience doesn't go much further then scrambling in the Swiss alps and bagging peaks in northern Sweden and Norway.
I understand that taking a first timer up is a huge responsibility and its not what you came down here to do. But if anyone has a day or two to kill, some knowledge to pass on, and would like to head up and show me the ropes, I'd be forever grateful.
If not does anyone have any recommendations on where to start.
Cheers,
Ben phelan