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Peru climbing timeline - 17 day trip

sid – November 21, 2006 – 10:50pm

When we originally started planning our trip to Peru, we were planning to only go for 17 days. This was our "everything goes extremely well" plan. I think it is very unrealistic, but wanted to post it for comments and also so we can continue to learn.

Day Activity Elevation Gain/Loss Notes "Formula"
1 Flight to Lima 0 ft      
2 Bus from Lima to Huaraz 9,500 ft 9,500 ft   8,000 ft
3 Rest day in Huaraz 9,500 ft 0 ft   9,000 ft
4 Bus/trek to Pisco base camp 15,100 ft 5,600 ft very aggressive in terms of altitude gain 10,000 ft
5 Pisco base camp 15,100 ft 0 ft probably need more days here or lower! 11,000 ft
6 Pisco moraine camp 16,075 ft 975 ft   12,000 ft
7 Summit Pisco 18,867 ft 2,792 ft   13,000 ft
  Return to Pisco base camp 15,100 ft -3,767 ft    
8 Go to Chopicalqui base camp 13,800 ft -1,300 ft   14,000 ft
9 Chopicalqui moraine camp 15,100 ft 1,300 ft   15,000 ft
10 Rest day 15,100 ft 0 ft   16,000 ft
11 Summit Chopicalqui 20,841 ft 5,741 ft whew - workout day! 17,000 ft
  Descend to base camp 13,800 ft -7,041 ft    
12 Return to Huaraz 9,500 ft -4,300 ft   18,000 ft
13 Drive/trek to Huascaran base camp 14,000 ft 4,500 ft   19,000 ft
14 Huascaran camp 1 17,000 ft 3,000 ft   20,000 ft
15 Summit Huascaran 22,200 ft 5,200 ft   21,000 ft
  Descend to base camp 14,000 ft -8,200 ft another huge day  
16 Return to Huaraz 9,500 ft -4,500 ft    
17 Bus from Huaraz to Lima, flight out 0 ft -9,500 ft    

Comments

  • This plan is extremely aggressive in terms of acclimation. Go to 19,000ft 7 days after being at sea level? The possibility of HAPE and HACE is too real.
  • There is no time for anything to go wrong on this plan. Possibly no time for rest either. With a few more days, this might be feasible, but 17 is really cramming it in.
  • Need to look at sleeping altitude and elevation gain/loss for each day

 

We then revised it some and this is the second cut:

Day Activity Elevation Gain/Loss Notes "Formula"
1 Flight to Lima 0 ft      
2 Bus from Lima to Huaraz 9,500 ft 9,500 ft   8,000 ft
3 Rest day in Huaraz 9,500 ft 0 ft   9,000 ft
4 Rest day in Huaraz 9,500 ft 0 ft   9,500 ft
5 Bus to Cebollapampa 13,000 ft 3,500 ft   10,500 ft
6 Trek to Pisco base camp 15,100 ft 2,100 ft   11,500 ft
7 Pisco base camp 15,100 ft 0 ft   12,500 ft
8 Acclimation hikes 15,100 ft 0 ft   13,500 ft
9 Pisco moraine camp 16,075 ft 975 ft   14,500 ft
10 Pisco summit attempt 18,867 ft 2,792 ft   15,500 ft
  Return to Pisco base camp 15,100 ft -3,767 ft    
11 Go to Chopicalqui base camp 13,800 ft -1,300 ft   15,500 ft
12 Rest day 13,800 ft 0 ft   15,500 ft
13 Chopicalqui moraine camp 15,100 ft 1,300 ft   15,500 ft
14 Chopicalqui summit attempt 20,841 ft 5,741 ft whew - workout day! 16,500 ft
  Descend to moraine (or base) camp 13,800 ft -7,041 ft    
15 Return to Huaraz 9,500 ft -4,300 ft    
16 Bus from Huaraz to Lima 0 ft -9,500 ft    
17 Flight back to US 0 ft      


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