how is carnival going in Germany with snow on the streets? At least you dont have to worry that your beers get warm :)
Well, before talking about the party, let me tell you about hard work, precisely, me working my arse up the Huaina Potosi, a peak with more than 6000 m, yeah!
The fun started at the agency collecting all the stuff that you need when you want to conquer a high peak: crampon, ice axe, very warm underwear, fleece cap, -20ยบ C sleeping back, plastic shoes, and more... You put all the stuff in a big sack, and there you go.
With a van we brought everything including us and the guides up to 4700 m to the first refugio. After a tasty almuerzo, we packed the equipment in our big backpacks and off we went to bring it up to 5300 m, our second refugio. The second refugio was literally just a cube-shaped hut, with 10 sleeping berths and a burner to cook pasta and tee. The second refugio:
The view from the refugio:
After dinner, we rested untill midnight (sleeping was not really possible) and then it was time to put on the equipment.
The ascent ws quite like the ascent to Cotopaxi, but we started higher and had to go higher. We got lucky with the weather: it wasnt snowing. So we only had to fight against our inner temptation not to go further.
When we were almost there, at 6030 m, we arrived at a very, very narrow ridge, with 700 m free fall on both sides. What to do? Well, I thought I came a long way, but didnt come to slip on this ridge and die a lonely death in the ice. So Thomas and me, we didnt go, the crazy guy from Austria, Lucas, did. Let me show you what scared us off:
But hey, I broke the 6000m-mark, yeaaah! Me at 6030 m:
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