South America, Peru, Cordillera Blanca, Artesonraju, Cordillera Blanca, and Jatunhuma and Ausangate, Cordillera Vilcanota

Publication Year: 1968.

Artesonraju, Cordillera Blanca, and Jatunhuma and Ausangate, Cordillera Vilcanota. On April 30 the Germans Werner Kabl and Horst Caha made the fourth ascent of Artesonraju, climbing the north ridge. Then they went to the Cordillera Vilcanota where on June 5 and 6 they traversed the three summits of Jatunhuma from south to north (19,948, 20,046 and 20,150 feet), the third ascent of the main peak and the second of the other two. After returning from the Hacienda Tinki, on June 19 and 20 they climbed Ausangate (20,788 feet) by its south ridge. In the Vilcanota they followed the routes of the last Munich expedition in 1966. (See A.A.J., 1967, 15:2, pp. 395-6.) Their Bolivian climbs are covered in the section on that country.