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La Paz to Mt Chacaltaya

To Mt.Chacaltaya

Pyramid Lab Mt. Chacaltaya, 5280 m - High Altitude Museum
High Altitude Pathology Institute
Lodge Mt. Chacaltaya
Above La Paz
in the background Mt. Illimani
Dirt road to Chacaltaya
Mt. Huayna Potosi (6,088 m)

La Paz-Impressions

Mount Huayna Potosi

Mt Huayna Potosi from Chacaltaya before start
Mt Huayna Potosi (6,088 m)
High-altitude group with guide Pablo
High-altitude group
On the way to camp
Porters crossing
Our porters
View from the camp
Setting up tents
besides the glacier at 5,100 m
Ascent
On the top: the team guided by Pablo to 6,088 m
View to Mt Illimani from the peak
John and Miki ready for descent
View to Lake Titikaka
Ridge art
Descent
View back to Chacaltaya (far right)
Guide Pablo, MD
Mt. Huayna Potosi (6,088 m), viewed from the Chacaltaya laboratory, was climbed by Christopher Davis (Denver), Sonja Songa Jameson-Van Houten (Denver/Eugene), Miki, Jon Elliott (Eugene), Erich Gnaiger (Innsbruck), led by Pablo (MD, La Paz), on 2012-08-01 during a 1.5-days break from the AltitudeOmics 2012 project. Photography by Erich Gnaiger.

Mount Illimani

To Mount Illimani

Mount Illimani, 6438 m

AltitudeOmics 2012 - After completing the work package on muscle biopsies and mitochondrial high-resolution respirometry at Chacaltaya (5,200 m), the team returned to La Paz on August 10 (taking a shower at 3,700 m).

On August 11, mountain guide Dr. Juan Pablo Ando (MD, La Paz; [email protected]) drove with Dr. Erich Gnaiger (Innsbruck) and Dr.a Carina Isabel Moreno (La Paz) from La Paz to the foot of Mt. Illimani - full of impressions on their way:

They followed their two Aimaran porters to the high camp where they were the only group that night. They reached the tent in the dark (4 hours), enjoying a late-night soup while keeping warm in our sleeping bags.

Pablo and Erich started the climb at 04:30, reaching the summit at 13:30.

They returned very fast to the high camp at 16:30. By that time, three other tents had been set up in the camp.

By night, they descended to the base and had a few hours of sleep in the car or the tent. They arrived back in La Paz in the morning (07:00), such that Erich could catch his flight out of El Alto (4,000 m) in the same morning.

Chacaltaya refugio (5,200 m) and Mt. Illimani
Mt. Illimani (6,438 m) seen from Mt. Chacaltaya
Mountain guide Dr. Juan Pablo Ando (ascent)
Isabel, Mt. Illimani in the background
Pablo
The Aimaran porters are extremely fast even at high altitude.
Descent
Return to the high-camp (photo by Isabel)
Illimani high-camp
Pablo, Isabel and Erich
Mementos at high-camp (Foto by Isabel)
Mt. Illimani at take-off from El Alto (2012-08-13)

Photos by Erich Gnaiger

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+::::'''AltitudeOmics 2012''' - After completing the work package on muscle biopsies and mitochondrial high-resolution respirometry at Chacaltaya (5,200 m), the team returned to La Paz on August 10 (taking a shower at 3,700 m).
+::::On August 11, mountain guide Dr. Juan Pablo Ando (MD, La Paz; [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]]) drove with Dr. Erich Gnaiger (Innsbruck) and Dr.a Carina Isabel Moreno (La Paz) from La Paz to the foot of Mt. Illimani - full of impressions on their way:
+::::They followed their two Aimaran porters to the high camp where they were the only group that night. They reached the tent in the dark (4 hours), enjoying a late-night soup while keeping warm in our sleeping bags.
+::::Pablo and Erich started the climb at 04:30, reaching the summit at 13:30.
+::::They returned very fast to the high camp at 16:30. By that time, three other tents had been set up in the camp.
+::::By night, they descended to the base and had a few hours of sleep in the car or the tent. They arrived back in La Paz in the morning (07:00), such that Erich could catch his flight out of El Alto (4,000 m) in the same morning.
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+File:Illimani1.JPG|Chacaltaya refugio (5,200 m) and Mt. Illimani
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+File:Illimani3.JPG|Mt. Illimani (6,438 m) seen from Mt. Chacaltaya
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+File:Illimani5.JPG|Mountain guide Dr. Juan Pablo Ando (ascent)
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+File:Illimani30.JPG|Descent
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+File:Illimani33.JPG|Return to the high-camp (photo by Isabel)
+File:Illimani34.JPG|Illimani high-camp
+File:Illimani35.JPG|Pablo, Isabel and Erich
+File:Illimani36.JPG|Mementos at high-camp (Foto by Isabel)
+File:Illimani37.jpg|Mt. Illimani at take-off from El Alto (2012-08-13)
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+Photos by [[Gnaiger_Erich|Erich Gnaiger]]