Robert Rauch - Bolivia Tours

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Robert Rauch climbed all classical Bolivian ice routes and all normal routes to all 6.000 meter peaks of Bolivia. As well the most difficult technical climbs are first ascented by him (Punta Badile, route Paititi, French grade 7a plus - Pilastro Bettembourg, first redpoint ascent, second repeat, extreme mixed climb with hard rock passages, French 6b plus - and plenty of others). This is the base for his guiding work. Within 15 years of guiding in the Andes he had not a single accident. This makes the differrence...

Robert Rauch guides all routes personally.

Descent of the Ancohuma (7.027 meter/21.080 ft.) eastern normalroute.

On the way to the top of a nameless 5.300 meter/16.000 ft. peak.

T O U R O F F E R I N G (this list is incomplete)

T O U R O N E - H U A Y N A P O T O S I

Timeframe: two days
Altitude: 6.080 meter/19.942 ft.
Base: La Paz
Level: Easy

T O U R T W O - I L L I M A N I

Timeframe: four days
Altitude: 6.438 meter/21.116 ft.
Base: La Paz
Level: Medium demanding

In the background, far beyond the town of La Paz, there ist the sillouette of the mountain Illimani (6.438 meter/21.116 ft.).

T O U R T H R E E - A N C O H U M A - S O R A T A R O U T E

Timeframe: five days
Altitude: 6.427 meter/21.080 ft.
Base: Sorata
Level: Medium demanding

Ancohuma western normalroute seen (Sorata).

T O U R F O U R - A N C O H U M A - C O C O Y O R O U T E

Timeframe: five days
Altitude: 6.427 meter/21.080 ft.
Base: Cocoyo (more interesting than from Sorata)
Level: Medium demanding

The last high camp of the Ancohuma eastern normal route (Cocoyo route) at late afternoon. The peak in the background is the summit.

During a break after reaching the summit.

T O U R F I V E - I L L A M P U

Timeframe: five days
Altitude: 6.368 meter/20.887 ft.
Base: Village of Ancohuma
Level: Extremely demanding normal route

The wild eastside of Illampu (picture left). Illampu westside from Sorata (picture down left). Illampu normal route (picture down right).

T O U R S I X - P I C O D E L N O R T E

Timeframe: five days
Altitude: 6.040 meter/19.816 ft.
Base: Cocoyo
Level: The most difficult normal route in Bolivia – extremely demanding - a challenge!

O T H E R T O U R S

Some more 5.000 meter/16.000 ft. peaks out of hundreds...

M u r u r a t a (Base: La Paz)
C a b e z a d e l C o n d o r (Base: La Paz)
V i l u y o Y a c u m a (Base: Cocoyo)
A n c o p i t i (Base: Cocoyo)
U m a j a l a n t a (Base: Cocoyo)

Hancopiti, 6.417 meter/19.250 ft., one of the unknown but really beautiful peaks.

Approaching Hancopiti.

The physical hard last steps to the top.

Only the sky is the limit: At the top of Ancopiti.