Peru 2004 – Ski Mountaineering in the Cordillera Blanca

Ski mountaineering in the Cordillera Blanca. Continuous descent from the summit to the glacier terminus of Nevado Chinchey (6,222 m), Nevado Copa Sur (6,188 m), Nevado Copa Norte (6,173 m) and Nevado Huascaran Sur (6,768 m).

"Back then, we did pretty much everything wrong that you could possibly do wrong: we went too fast, didn’t acclimatise properly and didn’t allow ourselves any breaks. In the end, we were all ill."