Mapiraju (5424m)

Saturday 18th June 2016

For our attempt on Mapiraju we returned to the Cayesh valley but, this time, we walked right to the end to pitch our camp. We looked back down the valley towards the hulking peak of Ranrapalca and across the river to a chunky ice-fall where the glacier calved off the cliff edge. It was hot in the afternoon sun as we rested in our new camp.

Afternoon view from my tent, looking back down the valley towards Ranrapalca.

On the morning of 18th June we left camp around 6am,...