Another internet place, Illampu Street, La Paz

Today was mostly spent on talking to different tour agencies who organize Huayna Potosí climbs. Huayna Potosí is 6088m-high mountain close to La Paz, and is considered to be one of the easiest 6000m mountains in the world. Climbing however requires using crampons and ice-axe, so it can't be that easy. No prior experience is required though.

We eventually booked a 3-days/2-nights tour starting tomorrow. First day is spent on driving to the base camp (4700m) and practicing ice climbing there on a glacier. Second day is a short walk (2-3h) from the base camp to the high camp (5300m). Finally, on the third day one starts at 1am towards the summit (6h from the high camp), then goes back to the base camp (4h) and is driven back to La Paz. We should be well acclimatized by now having spent 10 days at altitudes between 3600m and 4000m. Hopefully I will do better this time than I did in Ecuador and Peru.

Yesterday started in an annoying way. Spent several hours looking for a laundry service but everything was closed due to the carnival. People were playing with firecrackers (?) (paukpadrun), every couple of minutes one heard sounds resembling gunshots.

But the evening was nice with a delicious dinner (incl. potatoes, maize cake) and drinks (wine, cupuacu liquor, mango+singani cocktail) at Jorge's.