Pequeno Alpamayo (17,618 ft)
Sajama (21,463 ft)
Greg Frux, Joe McCoy, Matt Powell, Sr. Bernardo Guarachi, guide
Our original objectives
included the ascent of Condoriri (18,530 ft) and Sajama (21,463 ft).
Instead, we ended
up climbing five peaks Chalcataya (17,700 ft), Cerro Austria (17,200ft),
Tarija (17,272 ft), Pequeno
Alpamayo (17,618 ft) and Charquini (17,192 ft)
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Pequeno Alpamayo (17,618 ft) |
Sajama (21,463 ft) |
Thanks for the help supporting our
endeavor with donations, donors of $25 received five different expedition
postcards created by Gregory Frux and Janet Morgan, posted from Bolivia.
all donations acknowledged.
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Sajama Information
Weather--
In 1996, UMass Geoscience Department members established a permanent satellite-linked
weather
station at the summit of Sajama. Here's some interesting data from
their weather logs.
June 97 Maximum temperature - 5C (23F), minimum temperature
-21C (-6F)
July 97 Maximum temperature - 5C (23F), minimum temperature
-19C (-2F)
June 98 Maximum temperature - 5C (23F), minimum temperature
-18C (0F)
July 98 Maximum temperature - 3C (27F), minimum temperature
-18C (0F)
You can visit the site at
http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/bolivia.html
They also have some excellent pictures of Sajama, including the best one
I've seen of the northwest ridge
("Sajama from the west" in the Sajama images section of the website), which
will be our route of ascent.
Links and pictures
Pictures of the route and Camp 1 can be found at http://webpages.charter.net/msimm/Bolivia/Report.html
under
the "Bolivia Eclipse Photo Album"
A good route description of the Northwest Ridge route http://www.haramosh.org.uk/sajama.htm
National park of Sajama: Sajama, Payachatas, Parinacota, Pomerape
More pictures http://www.woodskunk.addr.com/jbj/Mountains/Mount/saj.html
And on a volcano site http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/south_america/bolivia/sajama.html
Maniacs who played soccer on the summit!
http://www.geocities.com/zubietaippa/sajamasoccer.html