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David Wilson

climber

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2010 - 10:47pm PT

wow, rokjox, this is really pretty tame terrain at this point - it's changed since your trip. karl, get a bus or ride to huaraz, the kick off town for the blanca. while acclimatizing there, poke around regarding resources for the huayhuash trek. you will either close on an outfitter you like or, if not, proceed to town of chiquian and hire an arriero through the hotel. the whole trip is casual. i will send you my contact for a fully set up in advance trip if you like david@wadesign.com. however, i checked and it was damn expensive through them last year. we're thinking of going back at some point...

David Wilson

climber

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2010 - 10:56pm PT

rokjox, 1985 was early. right in the sendero luminoso era. those roads may well have been dicey. now, the road to huaraz is paved and while they drive a little crazy, it's not too hair raising...

David Wilson

climber

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2010 - 11:10pm PT

rokjox, was that french girl really so bad...?

ryanb

climber

Seattle, WA

Jan 15, 2010 - 12:23pm PT

Karl,

We went unguided which wasn't too bad provided your people skills (and spanish) are passable. A bit of extra tea and some hard candies goes along way. The hardest part was lugging all of our food for the whole trip over 4-5000m passes. Its hard to find good light food options down there but white gas and butane canisters were available. We were also able to buy fresh food at a couple of towns along the way but I wouldn't want to rely on that as an option as you may pass through town when the store is closed or something.

Karl Baba

Trad climber

Yosemite, Ca

Jan 15, 2010 - 02:13pm PT

Thanks Ryan

Is there a good trekking book with the routes and info like that on it?

Peace

Karl

ryanb

climber

Seattle, WA

Jan 15, 2010 - 02:23pm PT

There is probably a book but we couldn't find one down there. The only guy in huarez who would sell us a map was Julio Olaza who has a mountain bike rental/guiding service at Jiron Lucar Y Torre 530.

I would highly recommend doing a trip or two with him as part of your acclimatization...he biked in the us for a while and now lives down there.

This looks like a newer version of the map we had:
http://www.amazon.com/Cordillera-Huayhuash-000-Topographic-Map/dp/0975860607/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263582983&sr=8-1