South America, Peru, Lasontay, Cordillera Huaytapallana, 1973

Publication Year: 1976.

Lasontay, Cordillera Huaytapallana, 1973. Having already climbed in the Cordilleras Blanca and Vilcabamba (see above), on August 6, 1973 Fiut, Guzzy and Malinowski made the first ascent of the west ridge of Lasontay Sur or Yuracrumi (18,230 feet) and Fiut and Malinowski went on to make the first ascent of the east ridge of Lasontay Norte (18,045 feet). On August 8 they climbed the south ridge of Huaytapallana (c. 16,400 feet).

Marek Brniak, Klub Wysokogórski, Poland