South America, Peru, Pisco Este, South Ridge, Pukarashta, West Ridge, and Other Peaks

Publication Year: 1982.

Pisco Este, South Ridge, Pukarashta, West Ridge and Other Peaks, 1980. Englishmen Derek Howard and Nick Kekus made a new route on Pisco Este from July 1 to 3, 1980. They climbed a direct line up the south ridge after a difficult icefall approach. They climbed a south spur on Yanapaqtsa, a route some 3500-foot-high. They then climbed a new route on Pukarashta, the west ridge, but stopped a rope-length from the summit, which was an unstable ice mushroom. They were then joined by Nick Tritton. After climbing the north face of Kitaraju on July 17 and 18, they had to retreat on July 27, 1980 from Artesonraju’s north ridge because of bad ice. On the descent the side of a crevasse collapsed, killing Tritton.