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Slideshow (17 photos)

Vilcanota (Peru), Auzangate (map)
 

Martin's homemade anti-bot plates

 

Base camp for Auzangate

East Face: High camp on Auzangate (Copyright © Martin Villarica)

East Face: Dawn from above 6000m on Auzangate

East Face: Descending from the high point on Auzangate

 

East Face: High point on the ridge on Auzangate

 

East Face: Resting above the headwall

 

Loading the horses at base camp

 

East Face: Martin at the high point on Auzangate

 

East Face: Martin nearing the high point on Auzangate

East Face: Jim, rapping off the headwall on Auzangate (Copyright © Martin Villarica)

 

East Face: Simeon at the high point on Auzangate

 

East Face: Simeon and Eric crossing a snow bridge above 6000m

 

East Face: Eating soup at high camp

 

East Face: Topping out on the headwall

 

Lois perched on an island of moss on the way back to Tinqui

 

View from the top of the headwall at dawn, mountains labeled