"i went with my friend victor grados, we set the the basecamp at 4700 msnm, we started at 5:30 am, we arrived to the glacier about 9 am, finally i reached the summit about 11 am (above 5200 msnm), the photo was taken by myself alone on the summit" — luisalayos • Jul 22, 2012

"- 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

"Level Easy We climbed up via the West face of Vicunita, then as we were feeling good, we decided to walk along the whole ridge to Paccha summit. (Snow melts pretty fast with the sun, so it seems better to be out of the hill by ~10am.) Descent: We descent Paccha via the normal route. We arrived at the bottom of the glacier ~10am, ice was hard. We got a lunch then we went down the Moraine to the base camp. We change base camp from Moraine Camp to Paccha lake base camp. We arrived at our camp at 1pm. * I don't know it is a first ascent - I could not confirm it. so if you did climb it before me, please feel free to overwrite me" — sophiedenis • Jun 6, 2010

"- 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