What is Ojos summit day like?
The summit day for Ojos is long, but it is a beautiful and wild ascent, much more lonely and remote than an Aconcagua summit day. We will spend our night before our summit at high camp (5800 meters / 19,000 feet) and move slowly on some easy rock and scree until we reach the glacier. Some years we climb above the glacier and ascend all the way without crampons. Sometimes we cross the glacier. In either case the climbing is moderate and takes determination, not a great deal of climbing skill. The final section that leads right to the summit is an easy rock climb. We will belay each member up the enjoyable low fifth-class climbing to the very top.
