Legendary Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi, with Masaru Noda, has climbed two technically demanding routes in Peru's Cordillera Huayhuash, a first and second ascent. Read more »
Supported by grants from the BMC, MEF and Alpine Club, Hamish Dunn and Tom Ripley travelled to the little-visited Cordillera Carabaya, where they made a coveted first ascent of 5,613m Chichiacapac's South Face. Read more »
An Italian trio have added another route to the largely unexplored Santa Cruz Chico (5,800m) in the Northern Cordillera Blanca of Peru. Read more »
Supported by an expedition grant from the BMC, Tony Barton and Tom Chamberlain have made the first ascent of the South West Face of Huaguruncho, a rarely-visited 5,730m summit in Peru. Read more »
In the easily accessible, though poorly visited, Rurec Valley of the Cordillera Blanca, a group of Italians has added two more big rock routes to what some are describing as Peru's Yosemite Valley. Read more »
Peruvian Eduardo Gold has begun work on a 'bizarre but true' project to combat global warming in the mountains above Licapa, a small village in the Ayacucho region of the Andes midway between Lima and Cuzco. Read more »
British climbers Tony Barton and Olly Metherell have made the first ascent of the North Summit of Huaytapallana II, a 5,025m rock peak in Peru's Cordillera Blanca. Read more »
The administration of Huascarán National Park has finally determined its policy concerning climbers and the obligation to hire guides. Read more »
Following pressure from the climbing community co-ordinated by the American Alpine Club it appears that new visitor use regulations adopted by Huascaran National Park in Peru are unlikely to be implemented this year. Read more »
International support is needed urgently to prevent restrictive regulations in Peru's Cordillera Blanca. Read more »
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