Pico Daniel Sierra Nevada de Cocuy. Two Swiss, François Petit-pierre and Jean Antolin, entered the Sierra Nevada de Cocuy through the town of Cocuy in late December, 1970. They made the second ascent of Pico Daniel (17,222 feet). (First ascent by Augusto Gansser and Georges-Henri Cuénet in 1939.) The next day they made the first ascent of a peak of about 16,400 feet which lies on the ridge between Pico Daniel and Pan de Azúcar* east of the Laguna de la Sierra. A full account appears in Die Alpen, third quarterly, 1971.

*The name Pan de Azúcar seemed to be locally unknown when I was there. At least six different hillsmen told me it is “Nevado del Púlpito”. — Evelio Echevarría.