"My friend Jonathan and I undertook a somewhat risky journey to the summit of Caqui. We were seventeen years of age, and in my own case, my experience with mountains was in the 2500 feet range. Caqui presented far more difficult challenges due to height and steepness. And on our way up, Caquisto blocked the visibility of Caqui, which means we realized we had badly underestimated the height of this mountain. We took off from Calera at 4am, made it to the feet of the mountain by 7pm. We rest and then started the ascension. We climbed all day, and around 7pm, we stopped to rest and pitched our tent. We were at the feet of Caquisto. We slept until 3am, and then continued. We made it to the top of Caqui Grande at noon. We were starving and very hungry. Our food supply was low, and the water had ran out; we had to use snow to hydrate ourselves. The way down was dangerous because we took no path and went straight down. I almost killed my friend when I stepped on a rock when came rolling down, hitting him on his leg instead. We were badly dehydrated again, until we were able to quench our thirst when we found a stream of water several hours later. Overall, it took us about ten hours to clim..." — demian217 • Oct 15, 1997