Hostal Like Home, Arequipa (again)

Back from El Misti (5822m). Csilla summited this morning, in 6h from the base camp. Congratulations! I decided to give up after a nightful of freezing in tiny, damp and thin tour company provided sleeping bag (my own sleeping bag has a broken zipper). Also got diarrhea right after dinner. This kept me up all night as well. In the morning (1am) felt weak and knew that I wouldn't manage more than 100m up.


Our group had 8 people (plus two guides), 4 of them made it to the top, 4 stayed in the base camp (4600m) feeling sick. This makes the success rate 50% (the same as for a group that went up the day before, whom we met on the way to the base camp). All tour companies in Arequipa claim that the rate is almost 100%. They are liers... :(