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The westernmost add-on to the Alpamayo trek leads into the Quebrada Ragranco, hosting Laguna Yuraccocha within a remarkable circle of mountains. The most outstanding one is Nevado Pucaraju, or Santa Cruz, with its satellites, Santa Cruz Chico and Santa Cruz Norte.
I shot this pano with the precise aim to record a big error: namely, at the W end of the lake I was so attracted by the big boulder protruding from the moraine, that I decided to reach it, only to find out that the terrain was truly a hell. Going on in that error, I decided to point what I later dubbed as the "unreachable saddle", 5090 m, W of the Santa Cruz Norte, much longer to reach than it seemed from below, and on even trickier terrain. I was shocked later to learn from the Alpenvereinskarte that the elementary summit south of the laguna was no less than 5290 m, such that it would have provided maybe superior views at a definitely lower price.
In any case, the views from the boulder and from the "unreachable saddle" were not trivial ones...
Location: -8.88264 -77.73309
Larger: http://bit.ly/2OTiqCf
Michael Bodenstedt, Alvise Bonaldo, Klaus Brückner, Hans-Jörg Bäuerle, Klaus Föhl, Johannes Ha, Leonhard Huber, Walter Huber, Martin Kraus, Dieter Leimkötter, Wilfried Malz, Giuseppe Marzulli, Niels Müller-Warmuth, Uta Philipp, Jan Lindgaard Rasmussen, Danko Rihter, Werner Schelberger, Christoph Seger, Björn Sothmann, Michael Strasser, Konrad Sus, Arjan Veldhuis, Jens Vischer, Benjamin Vogel, Augustin Werner
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Cheers, Hans-Jörg
HJBäu: I am trying to evaluate that mountain on a preview of the "inaccessible saddle", see Alpen 25711. I would rate it at 5100-5150 m.
What a pity that I could not reach the granite head in front of me - but it seems more accessible now in the preview that there in the reality. Unfortunately, as you can guess from the shadows, it was simply too late do dare further experiments. These exploration days would need 36 hours instead of only 24!
PS: the topic "Pucaraju and clouds" is very well developed, also in black and white, in the album that you can access with the link provided.
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