J'aimerais avoir quelques infos sur l'ascension du Huayna Potosi sachant que ca serait pour le mois de mai. est-ce aussi facile que le pretend le Lonely Planet? est-il possible de le faire sans guide ou cela est-il trop dangereux? est-ce que le sommet est eneige en mai?
N'hesitez pas a me faire part de vos recommadations.
je ne l'ai pas fait, mais je me suis penché dessus car je compte le faire en Ski de rando l'année prochaine.
cette ascension n'est techniquement pas compliqué par la voie normale, a condition de savoir marcher avec des crampons un gros sac à dos.
cependant l'ascension d'un 6000 mm n'est pas à prendre à la légère!!!!
si tu souhaites le faire sans guide en solo, j'espère que tu pratiques régulièrement la HAUTE montagne, et que tu es équipé comme il se doit.
pour info, il y aura évidement de la neige.😕
bon courage
camille et j philippe
Le véritable voyage de découverte, ne consiste pas à découvrir de nouveaux paysages mais à avoir de nouveaux yeux;
Entreprendre un 6000 sans guide alors qu'on n'a jamais marché en crampons, c'est assez étrange, en tout cas ça témoigne d'une méconnaissance totale de la haute montagne...
Bien que facile, la voie normale est coté PD ( peu difficile) à AD( assez difficile) suivant les conditions, et on est à 6000m (6088).
Parcours glaciaire, càd avec crevasse, rimaye à passer. 45° de pente final sur 250m.
En solo, débutant : la roulette russe.
Ne pas oublier : quand tout va bien, tout va bien. Si le temps commence à se dégrader quand vous êtes là haut (et vu l'absence d'expérience en haute montagne dont vous faites preuve) les ennuis sérieux peuvent arriver.
Pour rappel, la mort filmée du guide italien à l'Aconcagua.
Avec un guide, pourquoi pas, même si je pense que les guides envoient n'importe qui là haut, pourvu que ça ramène du pognon.
étant donner ta petite expérience de la montagne, je te conseillerais de commencer par faire un sommet moins haut avec un guide, pour apprendre à manipuler le matériel, voir comment tu réagis à l'altitude et au froid avant d'entreprendre ce type de sommet.
tu peux trouver des sommets plus approprier sur le site d'alpinisme www.camptocamp.org
je pense que c'est decicion plus sage car à cette altitude un problème, une blessure ou autre peut très vite tourner à la catastrophe.
A toi de voir
bon voyage en tout cas
camille et j philippe
Le véritable voyage de découverte, ne consiste pas à découvrir de nouveaux paysages mais à avoir de nouveaux yeux;
Si tu n'as pas d'expérience, vu le prix du guide, ce serait dommage de s'en priver. Certaines agences te proposent une ascencion sur trois jours, dont une journée pour apprendre les crampons. Je crois que tu t'en tires pour moins de 75 dollars, tout compris si je me souviens bien (vetements, matériel, guide, transport, bouffe etc ...).
En terme de difficulté, ce n'est pas dur, mais a vu de nez probablement 50% des gens n'arrivent pas au sommet. Donc faut être motivé, acclimaté, en forme, etc ... Comme le Mont Blanc, quoi. Pas si dur pour un "vrai alpiniste", mais tout le monde n'arrive pas en haut.
Voyager, c’est être infidèle. Soyez-le sans remords. Oubliez vos amis avec des inconnus.
bonjour.le huyna potosi est un des sommets boliviens le plus accessible a toute personne acclimatée et entrainée.je pense qu il est preferable tout de meme de prendre un guide(bon) a la paz.les agences ne manquent pas dans la rue sagarnaca.il faut savoir qu il n existe pas de secours performant comme dans d autres pays, genre pghm ou autres secours chamoniards.je l ai fait en 2005 apres quinze bons jours passés en altitude.je vous parle de ca en faisant reference aux secours argentins dans l aconcagua.donc prudence.
hola!
Bon j'ai fait le Huyana Potosi en juin 2006 et si l'on veut faire un 6000m seul il faut aller plus au sud du pays ou sur le Nord Chili, là ou les glaciers sont inexistant! C'est l'alpiniste que je suis qui parle là.
Si tu n'as jamais fait d'alpi alors je dirais là même chose que les autres alpinistes: seul n'y songe même pas, crever dans une crevasse non merci!!!
Tu as un passage court qui est très raide et parfois la crevasse (est-ce une rimaye?) est ouverte, les guides montent alors une echelle pour la passer, imagnine.
Quand à la fin entre 6000 et 6088m c'est un peu raide, parfois en mixte (neige/rocher) et l'altitude t'affaibli énormément généralement donc une chute là haut serait bien craignos.
Non ce n'est pas aussi fastoche que le pretend le lonely, meme aclimaté 6000m ce n'est pas rien alors pour une personne qui n'a jamais crampopée...
Ce sommet se fait bcp car il a la route au Zongo pass et qu'il atteind l'altitude fatale des andes (6000m, notre 4000m dans les alpes) donc comme le mt blanc c'est une mine d'or pour les guides.
Et comme l'on dit les autres c'est un sommet peu cher, 100/120 dollars avec 2 nuits en refuge et le transport.
Sinon si tu n'y va pas mais que tu veux une belle vue sur les montagnes (H. potosi, Illimani, Mururaga et le Sajama au loin) et un 5400m pour rien va a l'ancienne station de ski Chacaltaya pour 50Bs, depart presque tous les jours, agences calle sagarnaga, c'est juste 30 minutes de montée sur un chemin en pierre
Moi j avais fait le H Potosi avec l agence Huyana Potosi, super experience. Il partent trois jours pour que les debutants cramponent sur la langue du glacier le premier jour, bref plus serieux que des guides/agences qui te poussent a y aller sachant que si tu n'ose pas passer le premier passage clef ils gagnent autant (non ils rentrent plus tot a la maison!)
Au pire on peut monter sans blem jusqu'au glacier un peu au dessus du 2 ieme refuge où la vue est deja excellente...
Sans vouloir passer pour le enième inconscient de service...je voudrais simplement avoir une info par rapport à l'ascension du Huayna Potosi.
Il se trouve (j'en suis le 1er désolé...bien embêté même...!): j'adore la montagne mais j'ai le vertige (une forme de vertige quand je ne me sens pas en sécurité, en gros...j'aime avoir le droit à l'erreur en montagne...!).
Pour le moment, ça ne m'a pas poussé à l'alpinisme...donc que de l'expérience de rando en montagne.
Mais allant en Bolivie en septembre, j'aurais voulu avoir votre avis sur le H. Potosi.
Passages vertigineux ou pas ?
Apparemment oui: le "mur" de fin et des passages de crevasses ?
(en lisant l'utilisation d'échelles pour les crevasses, ça ne m'a pas rassuré...).
Merci de me faire part de vos avis, si ça vous semble insensé ou non ?
Et peut-être possibilité de faire une "initiation" alpinisme dans les Alpes cet été, si nécessaire...Si vous avez des plans, aussi ?
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