Bolivia June 2014 + Peru Ecuador later in the year

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hello,

Im currently travelling around south america, (currently in argentina). Aim to be heading to Bolivia june, and looking to climb im valley of the rocks mid june but im completwly flexible. Also happy to travel to other parts for sport trad bouldering have 10 years experience in these, have harness and few screw gates, and shoes but not much else. If your in the cou try and fancy making some plans get in touch.

some goes for peru and ecuador although not researched that at all yet.

Gracias

stuart.llewellyn@gmail.com

If you pass through La Paz, I'd be happy to show you the local sport climbing area at Aranjuez or drive an hour to the granite crags at Zongo where there are some good routes and tons more waiting to be done.

Valle de las Rocas is immense with huge potential. You might also want to check out Chalkupunku, also a large area with limited development. There is another huge area without a name past Chalkupunku towards Chile which you can see from the road.

Here's just one of thousands of unclimbed boulders:

Unclimbed boulder at Chalkupunku.

There is some good trad climbing on Pico Milluni near Hyuana Potosi and in the Quimsa Cruz.

But really Bolivia shines for mixed routes between 5,000m-6,400m on the many unclimbed faces of the mountains. It's much less known than Peru so hasn't had nearly the development and, other than 3-4 routes, you'll never see anyone in the mountains.

Hi, I know the guys which will get you to to the valle de las rocas pretty well. www.el-salar-de-uyuni.com.

For the rest of Bolivia, this might be of hlep. www.andeanascents.com

as they provide transport to the remote places, maps, gps tracks, etc...

All the best. Enjoy Bolivia !

Hey Chris, thanks for the info, id love to take you up on that offer when im around la paz, thanks very much!!! Ill PM you with personal email so we can exchange contact details.

Alexander thanks too for the info and advice ill check those links out.

Alex knows the area very well, including a lot of places where no one ever goes with huge potential.

Are you staying in South America through August?

Yes ill still be here in august

Hm, I've been to Bolivia and all I saw was choss :)

Could it be there are some clean faces I never knew existed? All I saw was chossy andesite and tuft.

Hm, I've been to Bolivia and all I saw was choss :)

Could it be there are some clean faces I never knew existed? All I saw was chossy andesite and tuft.

There's a ton of unclimbed good granite in Bolivia but you have to know where to find it.

Quimsa Cruz is pretty well known:

Cuernos del Diablo

La Flama, Quimsa Cruz

Very interesting.

Yup