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Huayna Potosi Photos (Part 1)

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[cemetery]
Cemetery near Huayna Potosi
This cemetery was used to bury striking miners who were massacred upon emerging from the mine. Huayna Potosi rises in the distance.

[highcamp]
Huayna Potosi High Camp
High Camp for Huayna Potosi was perched on the rocks at about 17,000 feet just below the glacier we would climb tomorrow.

[climb1]
Brendan and Terry at base of steep climb
Brendan prepares to lead us across a crevass and then up the steepest part of the Huayna Potosy climb, a 60-70 degree slope.

[climb2]
Steep climb on Huayna Potosi
Brendan belays and Cate watches as Colin completes the steepest climb on our route up Huayna Potosi.

[climb3]
Climbing groups on Huayna Potosi
Two of our groups continuing up Huayna Potosi on a long traverse around the other side mountain.

All photographs copyright © Scott Yost, 1998 unless otherwise indicated.


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