"- Climbers : Sophie Denis & Beto Pinto - Vicuñita West Face - Mix Terrain with loose and deep snow, snow plates, 2 big horizontal crevasses, loose rocks and channel made of rocks & hard ice. Angle up to 90º. Passing that channel required experience in mix climbing and makes the route very difficult (MD+) - First ascent: June 6, 2010 by climbers Beto Pinto & Sophie Denis - Name of the route: “Sacred Ayahuasca” Iin honnor to the Inca plant used to visit the past and the future - Elevation: 838m from moraine camp (4,700 m.a.s.l), to the summit (5,538 m.a.s.l) - Grade: MD+ 380m 60° - 90°- 70° - 60° - Equipment: 2 rope (60m), 2 Ice axes, 2 Snow pickets, 3 ice screws, rock gear, 5 friends , 5 stoppers and 3 pitons Climb quick sum up: Approach: After a rest day, we left the Moraine Camp at 3am on the 6th day to climb Vicuñita West Face. The approach was consisting in crossing the moraine, made of lose rock and crossing a small glacier made of hard ice with obvious horizontal crevasses. This phase is pretty straight forward and we enjoyed a fast-paced walk. We arrive at the bottom of the face at 5am. Route: To safe time we climbed almost 2 pitches together in the assemb..." — sophiedenis • Jun 6, 2010