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Climb Ojos del Salado - Ep 9 Defeated by snow on Ojos del Salado

After it recently snowed heavily I was slowed down dramatically and therefore became exhausted. I made it to the summit crater at 6730m very late and turned around. I will return next year with hopefully little or no snow. I arranged the climb thru guide Andy Jones from Outdoor Frontiers Tours (www.oftours.com) in Mendoza, Argentina. 0:06 Crampons on right away because of the snow My guide Andy led the climb from Tejos at 3:50am 0:18 Penitentes Dawn arrived at 6:50, after 3 hours of climbing 0:37 It continued to get brighter over the next 40 minutes 1:15 The sun hit us at 7:40 1:44 Snow slowed us down on the zigzags 2:13 The snow was a bit deep on the traverse 2:37 Up and up thru the snow 2:57 We reached the summit crater at 6730m at 14:00, after climbing for 10:10 Guide Andy Jones, Dangles and me at our high point 3:08 The summit ridge The view from the summit crater started with 3:20 Nevado Tres Cruces 6748m 3:30 Barrancas Blancas 6119m Cerro Vicuñas 6067m 3:40 Pico Wheelright 5475m and Cerro Pirca de Indios 5886m Volcán Peña Blanca 6030m and Volcán El Ermitaño 6146m 3:54 Cerro Mulas Muertas 5910m Cerro Medusa 6120m 4:06 Andy estimated it would take 2 hours to reach the summit with the snow conditions, so we decided to descend instead 4:18 It took 3:30 to descend We met our 4WD drivers, mountain guides Angel Armesto and Jorge Spur Who drove us the short distance to Tejos to pick up our remaining equipment And then on to Atacama 4:44 And then passing Ojos del Salado 4:54 And Cerro El Muerto 6510m To Laguna Verde