List of first ascents in the Cordillera Blanca

The following list summarizes notable first ascents of mountains and peaks in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Ancash, Peru, in chronological order.

Date [1]PeakHeight (m)Height (ft)RouteClimbersNationalityRef
2 Sep 1908Huascaran N.665521,834Annie Smith Peck, Gabriel Zumtaugwald and Rudolf Taugwalder [2]
20 Jul 1932Huascaran S.674622,132Garganta and the NW-faceFranz Bernard, Phillip Borchers, Erwin Hein, Hermann Hoerlin, and Erwin Schneider [2]
3 Aug 1932Chopicalqui634520,846Southwest RidgePhillip Borchers, Erwin Hein, Hermann Hoerlin, and Erwin Schneider [2]
12 Sep 1932Huandoy N.639520,866Southern SlopesErwin Hein and Erwin Schneider[2]
17 Jul 1936Quitaraju603619,820West RidgeErwin Schneider and Arnold Awerzger[3]
25 Jun 1939Ranrapalca616220,217Northeast ridgeWalter Brecht, Siegfried Rohrer, Karl Schmid y Hans Schweizer[2]
31 Jul 1939Tocllaraju603419,797Northwest RidgeWalter Brecht and Hans Schweizer[4]
Aug 1939Hualcán N.612220,085South RidgeSiegfried Rohrer and Karl Schmid[5]
20 Jul 1948Santa Cruz624120,535Northeastern faceFrédéric Marmillod and Ali Szepessy-Schaurek [2]
7 Jul 1952Huantsán636920,896North-Northwest Ice Ridge
(from Huantsan North)
Lionel Terray, Cees G. Egeler and Tom de Booy [6]
31 Jul 1956Chacraraju West611220,039Northeastern FaceLionel Terray, Maurice Davaille, Claude Gaudin, Pierre Souriac, Robert Sennelier[3]
20 Jun 1957Alpamayo594719,511South RidgeGünter Hauser, Berhard Huhn, Frieder Knauss, and Horst Wiedmann[7]
24 Jul 1962Tullparaju578718,986West RidgeDavid Bernays, Leif-Norman Patterson and Charles Sawyer[8][9]

See also

  • List of highest mountains

Notes

  • Juanjo Tomé, Escaladas en los Andes - Guía de la Cordillera Blanca, Madrid: Desnivel Ediciones, 1999, ISBN 978-8489969438
  • Lefebvre, Thierry, L’invention occidentale de la haute montagne andine, M@ppemonde Vol. 19 (2005).
  • Frederick L. Wolfe, High Summits: 370 Famous Peak First Ascents and Other Significant Events in Mountaineering History, Hugo House Publishers, 2013, ISBN 1936449358 (for a guideline; the book contains many major errors)

References

  1. An asterisk indicates that this is only the date of the first recorded ascent. There is either evidence for an earlier ascent or earlier ascents are very likely.
  2. Lefebvre, Thierry L'invention occidentale de la haute montagne andine, M@ppemonde Vol. 19, p. 16 (2005)
  3. Juanjo Tomé, Escaladas en los Andes - Guía de la Cordillera Blanca, Madrid: Desnivel Ediciones, 1999, ISBN 978-8489969438
  4. "Tocllaraju". Summitpost.org. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  5. Ricker, John F. Yuraq Janka: A Guide to the Peruvian Andes, American Alpine Club p. 90 (1977)
  6. D. F. O. Dangar, Alpine Notes, Alpine Journal Vol. 71, Nr 312-313 p. 145 (1966)
  7. Jubiläumsexpedition Alpamayo - der schönste Berg der Welt Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine (2014)
  8. A Survey of Andean Ascents: 1961~1970 (1973)
  9. Harvard Mountaineering 5(16) Archived 2017-02-07 at the Wayback Machine(1963),The Harvard Mountaineering Club, p. 19
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