We had heard good things about La Paz and we were excited to be in Bolivia after being in Peru so long.
When we arrived it was the weekend so we decided to go out and check out the clubs. Very hungover the next day we went to a travel agent to enquire about booking to do a mountain called Hyuni Potosi, it is meant to be one of the easiest 6000m mountains to climb. I wasnt that keen on attempting it after Chachani. So in the end we booked up to climb Pequena Alpamayo which is more technical but only 5595m!
The climb involved ice climbing which I had not done before so we spent a day on glacier.
This id a guides helper with slip on office shoes attached to crampons for ice climbing...mad!
The next day we left early and got dropped off in a village ready to walk to the base of Pequena Alpamayo.
Alex needed to visit the toilet before we set off!
Where we camped was amazing we were the only ones there, with our guide and cook!
Early the next morning we got up to attempt the summit and both made it.(Not without me stopping a couple of times saying 'I don't think I can carry on') It was a 14hr round trip and the hardest thing I've ever done but I absolutely loved it.
This crevass was really scary to jump over it was so deep when you looked down!
We were the only people on the mountain, all the snow was fresh the only footprints were ours..
Another rest...
A really steep ice climb for the final part of the summit, our guide is the black dot at the top of the photo.
The summit!! - the lake in the background is where we were camping
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