New Alpine Route on Tall Peak in Andes - Gripped Magazine

New Alpine Route on Tall Peak in Andes - Gripped Magazine

In June, Diomedes Mojica and Wilder Alva Chinchay climbed a new route on the rarely climbed 6,070-metre Huandoy East in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca, the world’s highest tropical mountain range. They climbed their 480-metre line, graded MD+, 75º-90º ice, M4/M5, UIAA 5+, up the northeast face in alpine style over 18 hours (11 hours up, seven down). Huandoy East’s steep ice, glaciers, and complex terrain make it a rarely attempted summit, even by seas…

New Route On Huandoy East in the Peruvian Andes » Explorersweb

On June 15, two climbers established a difficult new route on the rarely climbed 6,070m Huandoy East in Peru. Diomedes Mojica of Panama and Wilder Alva Chinchay of Peru climbed via the northeast face and graded their new route 480m, MD+, 75º-90º ice, M4-M5 mixed climbing, UIAA 5+. Mojica and Chinchay called their new route on Huaydon East 'Sudor Peruano' (Peruvian Sweat). The ascent line is marked in red, the descent line in blue. Photo: Diomede…