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Climbing in Venezuela

  • Start date: 05/15/2015

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 05/15/2015

  • End time: 11:59 PM

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North face of Ptari-tepui in Venezuela, Jan. 21 - Feb.9 with Maikey Lopera, Federico Pisani, Ivan Calderon and Manuel Escobar.
On January 21 a 4-man team departed Caracas, Venezuela with the goal of exploring and climbing the remote Ptari Tepui in the Guyana (Guiana) highlands of Southern Venezuela. Three days drive across half of the country placed us at the village of Kavanayen where we met our guides and porters. Three more days of jungle trek got us at the base of the unexplored north face of Ptari-tepui. Although this is the “dry season” for tepui climbing, conditions on this face were extremely cloudy, windy and wet. With an elusive summit and running out of time we established an 8-pitch route (sans summit) during the next 10 days. It was truly a magical and wet experience in the depths of the Guiana jungle!

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  • Season: 2015

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