Friday, 25 April 2014

Acclimatisation walk to Shaurama (3850m)

The first acclimatisation walk was planned so we could walk from the hostel with the aim of reaching about 3800m. The maps at a scale of 1:100,000 tested even Cpl Ahara and Cpl Berry’s navigational skills but with some scrambling and re-sections the route was completed as planned. The views proved impressive although by midday the growing clouds had turned to black thunder clouds in the mountains to our West and East.  By far the biggest challenge was the altitude and at times only a few paces could be made before we were gasping for oxygen.

The route for the day: up the right ridge, down the left - Simple!

LCpl Bayliss (blue top) traverses one of the narrow gaps.
LCpl Eaves posing again.

Our final objective: Huascaran, looking very high and very snowy...

The team just below 3850m with Huaraz below.
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  1. Unknown26 April 2014 at 04:26

    So proud of all you lads......Hope the weather stays in your favour and you can achieve your goal! What an amazing opportunity......

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  2. Unknown28 April 2014 at 02:26

    Amazing views, Huascaran does look very high and scarey......hope you all achieve the climb.....keep safe....you are all very brave!!

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