List of first ascents in the Cordillera Blanca

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The following list summarizes notable first ascents of mountains and peaks in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Ancash, Peru, in chronological order.

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Date [1] PeakHeight (m)Height (ft)RouteClimbersNationalityRef
2 Sep 1908 Huascaran N. 665521,834 Annie Smith Peck, Gabriel Zumtaugwald and Rudolf Taugwalder Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg [2]
20 Jul 1932 Huascaran S. 674622,132Garganta and the NW-faceFranz Bernard, Phillip Borchers, Erwin Hein, Hermann Hoerlin  [ de ], and Erwin Schneider  [ de ] Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg [2]
3 Aug 1932 Chopicalqui 634520,846Southwest RidgePhillip Borchers, Erwin Hein, Hermann Hoerlin  [ de ], and Erwin Schneider  [ de ] Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg [2]
12 Sep 1932 Huandoy N. 639520,866Southern SlopesErwin Hein and Erwin Schneider  [ de ] Flag of Austria.svg [2]
17 Jul 1936 Quitaraju 603619,820West Ridge Erwin Schneider  [ de ] and Arnold Awerzger  [ de ] Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg [3]
25 Jun 1939 Ranrapalca 616220,217Northeast ridgeWalter Brecht, Siegfried Rohrer, Karl Schmid y Hans Schweizer Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg [2]
31 Jul 1939 Tocllaraju 603419,797Northwest RidgeWalter Brecht and Hans Schweizer Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg [4]
Aug 1939 Hualcán N. 612220,085South RidgeSiegfried Rohrer and Karl Schmid Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg [5]
20 Jul 1948 Santa Cruz 624120,535Northeastern faceFrédéric Marmillod and Ali Szepessy-Schaurek Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg [2]
7 Jul 1952 Huantsán 636920,896North-Northwest Ice Ridge
(from Huantsan North)		 Lionel Terray, Cees G. Egeler and Tom de Booy Flag of France.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg [6]
31 Jul 1956 Chacraraju West 611220,039Northeastern Face Lionel Terray, Maurice Davaille, Claude Gaudin, Pierre Souriac, Robert Sennelier Flag of France.svg [3]
20 Jun 1957 Alpamayo 594719,511South Ridge Günter Hauser  [ de ], Berhard Huhn, Frieder Knauss, and Horst Wiedmann Flag of Germany.svg [7]
24 Jul 1962 Tullparaju 578718,986West RidgeDavid Bernays, Leif-Norman Patterson and Charles Sawyer Flag of the United States.svg [8] [9]
2007 Huaytapallana I555718,232Northwest FaceJim Sykes, Anthony Barton Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg [10]
24 Jul 2008 Huaytapallana II502516,486North RidgeAnthony Barton, Olly Metherell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg [11] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lefebvre, Thierry L'invention occidentale de la haute montagne andine, M@ppemonde Vol. 19, p. 16 (2005)
  3. 1 2 Juanjo Tomé, Escaladas en los Andes - Guía de la Cordillera Blanca, Madrid: Desnivel Ediciones, 1999, ISBN   978-8489969438
  4. ↑ "Tocllaraju". Summitpost.org. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ Ricker, John F. Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes, American Alpine Club p. 90 (1977)
  6. ↑ D. F. O. Dangar, Alpine Notes, Alpine Journal Vol. 71, Nr 312-313 p. 145 (1966)
  7. ↑ Jubiläumsexpedition Alpamayo - der schönste Berg der Welt Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine (2014)
  8. ↑ A Survey of Andean Ascents: 1961~1970 (1973)
  9. ↑ Harvard Mountaineering 5(16) Archived 2017-02-07 at the Wayback Machine (1963),The Harvard Mountaineering Club, p. 19
  10. 1 2 "AAC Publications - South America, Peru, Cordillera Blanca, Huaytapallana I and Huayatapallana II, East Summit, First Ascents". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  11. ↑ "British first ascent in the Cordillera Blanca". thebmc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
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