Yesterday, Gregg Beisly, Roberto Rauch and I made a new route on the south face of Pico Milluni (18,000') in a longish day from La Paz. We called it Ya Pues (M5, AI3) which basically means "come on already."
It's 600 meters up the face and then a kilometer or so along the ridge to the summit. We were able to climb the first 300 meters without rope which helped a lot in getting to the top before dark.
So we still had to get down. It was only three rappels and some interesting scrambling and maybe 3 miles walking to the refugio. From there, we had to get the car which was maybe five miles away on the other side of the mountain. Gregg went for it while Roberto drank coke and I had a few beers at Casa Blanca. Good times and home well before midnight.
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