Alpamayo, Peru 2018

Attempted climb of Alpamayo early July, 2018. We only made it to the high col camp. After 3 people lost their lives the weekend before on the French Direct route due to an avalanche triggered by an ice fall from the flute we were careful to gather more info about the climb on our way in from people coming out including the Argentinian survivor. While it appeared the formation on the flute was one that was a known concern and was gone there were still mushrooms on the route that were additional hazards. Plus the evening before our climb attempt a snowstorm rolled in and dumped a fresh layer of snow on the route and we could see new cornices at the top forming. With 3 more days of snowstorms in the forecast our weather window was gone so we descended and had enough time for an easy climb of Vallunaraju on our way out.

[@foreverdulce3862]

The Alpamayo the most beautiful mountain of the world . So keep clean and protect it please.

[@christoc99]

Beautiful Peru

[@aacc2622]

Great Video Mr. Lauder! 👏 Thanx for sharing 👍

[@bcn6891]

La montañita más bonita

[@charlieintampa6769]

Wild. In 2012 it was pretty straightforward from the col to the base of the climb.

[@IanLauder]

Getting to the base wouldn't have been an issue. There were bad avalanche conditions across Peru, there were multiple fatalities on the Alpamayo route the weekend before we got there, and after we left we found out there where multiple other fatalities around peaks in the area, all avalanche related. A storm came in the evening before our planned climb and the avi conditions got worse on top of a weeklong storm coming in that meant our extra days buffer wasn't of any use. And the Peruvian government had closed the mountains for climbing the next day as well as shutting down rescue services. Just wasn't the right time to be there. But just getting that far was a great trip.

[@GEORGE_L_SALAS]

YES INDEED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GLACIAL MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD AM GOING NEXT YEAR

[@carloslogronopenafiel7309]

*EL ALPAMAYO DEL PERÚ ES LA MONTAÑA MÁS HERMOSA DEL MUNDO, ( ES LA REINA DEL MUNDO )....Y EL CHIMBORAZO DEL ECUADOR ES LA MONTAÑA MÁS ALTA DEL MUNDO ,MEDIDA DESDE EL CENTRO DE LA TIERRA, SE DICE QUE ES EL PUNTO MÁS CERCANO AL SOL, INCLUSIVE MAS ALTO QUE EL EVEREST DE LOS HIMALAYAS , LO SUPERA EN 2 KILOMETROS ( ES EL REY DEL MUNDO )...FELICITACIONES*

[@inkari1981]

pero el sueño de todo montañista es escalar el Everest
¿porque sera ?

[@luisantoniomoralestrujillo4441]

Ya es tiempo que declaren zona intangible a todos los nevados. Hacen un daño tremendo socavando el glaciar.

[@icejunki]

Tag those awesome Eddie Bauer Katabatic Tents my man. There is so little footage of them on the web.

[@leonardopalomino2733]

Por favor cuiden esos lindos nevados, autoridades de el Perú. Si un turista desea escalar que page por subir minimo 500 dollares, para con ese dinero preservar, limpiar y cuidar las lindas montanas.

[@FernandiniPeru]

very nice videoo.. iam from peru and i was asking about the price but 6 hundred dollars ..is a lot money for me.. i will do it by my self .i will go alonee to there..to proof my self
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[@arkojyotisen1929]

Small mountains 😂😂