The Andes: A Guide for Climbers

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Andes, 2005 - History - 304 pages
A comprehensive climbing guide to the mountains of The Andes, from Venezuela to Tierra Del Fuego. It features route descriptions for over 300 peaks with over half illustrated by a photo-diagram and full colour maps.
 

Contents

Map of South America
6
General advice for travel to the Andes
12
Climbing conditions and hazards
19
Ski Mountaineering
25
Sierra Nevada
31
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy
38
Quito
44
NORTHERN PERU
55
Sajama area Chile and Bolivia
158
PUNA DE ATACAMA CHILE AND ARGENTINA
167
Salta area Argentina
173
Ojos del Salado area Chile and Argentina
181
Pissis and Bonete area Argentina
191
THE HIGH ANDES CHILE AND ARGENTINA
197
Mendoza and Aconcagua area Argentina
206
Santiago and Tupungato area Chile
215

Central Cordillera Blanca including Huascaran
72
Southern Cordillera Blanca and Huantsan
79
Cordillera Huayhuash
93
Lima
103
Cuzco
110
Minor ranges
121
BOLIVIA
127
Cordillera Real
134
Cordillera Quimsa Cruz
149
MAULE AND THE LAKE DISTRICT CHILE AND ARGENTINA
225
The Andean Lake Distinct
236
PATAGONIA CHILE AND ARGENTINA
245
Southern Patagonia Fitzroy and Cerro Torre
255
Tierra del Fuego
275
Historical Notes
284
Bibliography
292
INDEXES
298
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