Bolivia Expedition Dispatch
June 17, 2010 – Practice Climbing Skills
Here is Leila Silveira reporting from La Paz. Yesterday I arrived here with Chris and it turned out that his acclimatization has not been as good as we hoped. Being an athlete and extremely strong, he was managing to go strong even though his oxygen saturation was extremely low. Unfortunately he will have to go home. Michael, Chris’s father, returned to La Paz this morning to join us.
The descent to La Paz helped Chris a lot and he is feeling like his old self again. We went for a walk along Prado to do some last minute shopping and also to make a quick stop at American Airlines to change their tickets.
Back at base camp in Condoriri the team spent the day learning climbing skills: moving along a fixed line, the use of crampons and ascender, just to name a few. After the morning practice they had lunch and went to the Nido de Condor glacier to put the new techniques to practice. Everyone is doing great, acclimatizing well and getting really excited about their upcoming climb!
Chris feeling much better at the American Airlines office in La Paz
Michael arrived from Condoriri to join his son Chris
Osvaldo, Berg Adventures guide, is doing an amazing job
Today we learned skills such as walking along a fixed line
We also made sure the crampons were well adjusted
There is no better camp site to learn and practice skills than Condoriri