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"- Climbers : Sophie Denis & Beto Pinto
- SUIRICOCHA North Face
- First ascent: June 4, 2010 by climbers Sophie Denis & Beto Pinto
- Name of the route: “Everything Is Possible”. Everything is possible, is my motto. It is what drives my life and helps me to go beyond my comfort zone and reinvent myself
We left San Mateo for the Rio Blanco to Paccha Lake. The next day at 8am, we carried our climbing gear and equipment up to the Moraine Camp (3 hours),
The 3rd day, we left the Moraine Camp at 3am to climb Suiricocha North Face.
Approach: The approach was longer than expected, as we have to cross a hard ice glacier, fairly active, with numerous crevasses.
Route: Feeling strong and to save some time, we start climbing the first 3 pitches of the face together in Assembly style. Snow getting loose at the 4th pitch, we start climbing with protection around 6am. Then, we enjoyed a nice hard snow from pitches 5th to 7th, which allow us to climb at faster pace.
The first 2 pitches of the face have an angle ~ 60 º, the 5 following pitches are a little steeper ~70º. The wall finish by a steep section made of broken hard ice, lots of loose rocks and a little shelter with an angl..." — sophiedenis • Jun 4, 2010