List of first ascents in the Cordillera Blanca
The following list summarizes notable first ascents of mountains and peaks in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Ancash, Peru, in chronological order.
Date [1] | Peak | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Route | Climbers | Nationality | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 Sep 1908 | Huascaran N. | 6655 | 21,834 | Annie Smith Peck, Gabriel Zumtaugwald and | ![]() ![]() |
[2] | |
20 Jul 1932 | Huascaran S. | 6746 | 22,132 | Garganta and the NW-face | Franz Bernard, Phillip Borchers, Erwin Hein, | , and![]() ![]() |
[2] |
3 Aug 1932 | Chopicalqui | 6345 | 20,846 | Southwest Ridge | Phillip Borchers, Erwin Hein, | , and![]() ![]() |
[2] |
12 Sep 1932 | Huandoy N. | 6395 | 20,866 | Southern Slopes | Erwin Hein and | ![]() |
[2] |
17 Jul 1936 | Quitaraju | 6036 | 19,820 | West Ridge | and | ![]() |
[3] |
25 Jun 1939 | Ranrapalca | 6162 | 20,217 | Northeast ridge | Walter Brecht, Siegfried Rohrer, Karl Schmid y Hans Schweizer | ![]() |
[2] |
31 Jul 1939 | Tocllaraju | 6034 | 19,797 | Northwest Ridge | Walter Brecht and Hans Schweizer | ![]() |
[4] |
Aug 1939 | Hualcán N. | 6122 | 20,085 | South Ridge | Siegfried Rohrer and Karl Schmid | ![]() |
[5] |
20 Jul 1948 | Santa Cruz | 6241 | 20,535 | Northeastern face | Frédéric Marmillod and Ali Szepessy-Schaurek | ![]() ![]() |
[2] |
7 Jul 1952 | Huantsán | 6369 | 20,896 | North-Northwest Ice Ridge (from Huantsan North) |
Lionel Terray, Cees G. Egeler and Tom de Booy | ![]() ![]() |
[6] |
31 Jul 1956 | Chacraraju West | 6112 | 20,039 | Northeastern Face | Lionel Terray, Maurice Davaille, Claude Gaudin, Pierre Souriac, Robert Sennelier | ![]() |
[3] |
20 Jun 1957 | Alpamayo | 5947 | 19,511 | South Ridge | , Berhard Huhn, Frieder Knauss, and Horst Wiedmann | ![]() |
[7] |
24 Jul 1962 | Tullparaju | 5787 | 18,986 | West Ridge | David Bernays, Leif-Norman Patterson and Charles Sawyer | ![]() |
[8][9] |
See also[]
- List of highest mountains
Notes[]
- Juanjo Tomé, Escaladas en los Andes - Guía de la Cordillera Blanca, Madrid: Desnivel Ediciones, 1999, ISBN 978-8489969438
- Lefebvre, Thierry, L’invention occidentale de la haute montagne andine, M@ppemonde Vol. 19 (2005).
- Frederick L. Wolfe, High Summits: 370 Famous Peak First Ascents and Other Significant Events in Mountaineering History, Hugo House Publishers, 2013, ISBN 1936449358 (for a guideline; the book contains many major errors)
References[]
- ^ An asterisk indicates that this is only the date of the first recorded ascent. There is either evidence for an earlier ascent or earlier ascents are very likely.
- ^ a b c d e f Lefebvre, Thierry L'invention occidentale de la haute montagne andine, M@ppemonde Vol. 19, p. 16 (2005)
- ^ a b Juanjo Tomé, Escaladas en los Andes - Guía de la Cordillera Blanca, Madrid: Desnivel Ediciones, 1999, ISBN 978-8489969438
- ^ "Tocllaraju". Summitpost.org. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
- ^ Ricker, John F. Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes, American Alpine Club p. 90 (1977)
- ^ D. F. O. Dangar, Alpine Notes, Alpine Journal Vol. 71, Nr 312-313 p. 145 (1966)
- ^ Jubiläumsexpedition Alpamayo - der schönste Berg der Welt Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine (2014)
- ^ A Survey of Andean Ascents: 1961~1970 (1973)
- ^ Harvard Mountaineering 5(16) Archived 2017-02-07 at the Wayback Machine(1963),The Harvard Mountaineering Club, p. 19
Categories:
- Lists of mountains
- Climbing and mountaineering-related lists
- Peru-related lists
- Mountaineering in Peru