Why Climb in Bolivia with Alpine Ascents?

Guides
We are blessed to have Jose Luis Peralvo as our Lead Guide and local expert, who also guides for us throughout the world. In addition to Jose Luis, we employ top local guides who consistently make the expedition enjoyable, enriching and extremely educational. Previous lead Bolivia guides include Todd Burleson, Willi Prittie and Dave Morton.

Schedule Flexibility
One of the most important factors in the success and enjoyment for our climbers has been the ability to adjust our climbing schedules as needed to account for the ever-changing conditions in the mountains. Rather than throwing our hands up and ending an expedition when a route may become unclimbable, we treat these situations as challenges in their own right and thanks to our experience and local expertise we can change locations mid-expedition if necessary and offer alternate climbs and adventures for our climbers. When such occasions have arisen our climbers regularly praise these adjustments as highlights of their expeditions.

Experience
We have been guiding in Bolivia for the past decade and have consistently run expeditions from year to year. The familiarity with the region, combined with our expertise and knowledge around the world, lend a depth and richness to every expedition that we feel is unrivaled in the guiding community.

Recent Expedition Success
Our 2000 trip was led by Jose Luis Peralvo and “The weather couldn’t have been better - we used no weather days. The route on Illimani was the best I have ever seen.” Needless to say, the entire team of 9 reached the summits of Illusion, Pequeno Alpamayo, and Huayna Potosi. Three of the team members elected to do the extension to Illimani, and that team also met with 100% success.

Our 2001 expedition was led by Jose Luis Peralvo and Dave Morton. The group of 12 climbers met with incredible success on all of the peaks. Our 2002 team of 9 led by Dave Morton also met with great success.

Our 2003 Climb was led by Jose Luis and met with outstanding success. Our 2004 trip was a private expedition and was similary successful. As always we highly encourage you to contact former climbers.