Hello friends and family. We have been away in the mountains for 3 days. We attempted Antisana yesterday, but weather conditions were rough and the summit was no factible.
Nonetheless, these days in Antisana were amazing. Base camp is beautiful and the weather was pretty decent in the first days. First day we did a hike to the upper moraine. Warm sunny day! The second day we went for a glacier training course. We practiced our crampon skills, pretty much needed for the summit attempt. We also practiced a bit of ice climbing.
For the summit push, we started at midnight with clear-ish skies. Stars could be seen. But around 5am clouds came in and moisture and wind hit us making all our gear, clothes and ourselves covered in ice. We turned around at 18,000ft.
Today we are about to leave our hotel in Puembo and head to the north. Tonight we will stay at Yanachocha mountain refuge with internet available. So you will hear more from us.
Meanwhile here are some pics! And also you can see more just by hitting the link below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11ymhH1UQ_MUQ4I_QcchNFl8fx21aGaE9?usp=drive_link
