South America, Colombia—Sierra Nevada de Cocuy, Los Portones, East Face

Publication Year: 1984.

Los Portones, East Face. M. Arbeláez and R. Schutz made in January a new route on the rock wall, crowned with steep ice, of the east face of Pico Los Portones (also called San Paulín Norte, 5222 meters, 17,142 feet). The climb took two days from the Base Camp at 14,500 feet and had sections of V and VI.

María Teresa De Gómez, Federatión Colombiana de Montañismo