Climbing South America

Sebastien ROLLE

Super agence ! Tout s'est super bien déroulé, ils sont très arrangeants et sympathique ! Je recommande fortement le guide Francisco ! 🙌🏻

Nikolai Graf

Wir haben über "Climbing South America" eine dreitägige Tour auf den Potosí gebucht und waren insgesamt sehr zufrieden. Die Tour beinhaltete die komplette Ausrüstung, die Fahrt zum Basecamp, ein persönlicher Guide pro Person, ein Training im Eisklettern und Gehen am Seil, den geführten Aufstieg zum Highcamp und zum Gipfel sowie Verpflegung und Übernachtung in den Refugios. Unsere Guides, Silverio (Silver) und Francisco, waren grossartig! Sie waren freundlich, kommunikativ und extrem erfahren. Da wir kein Spanisch sprechen, war es ein Plus, dass beide gutes Englisch sprachen. Ihre ruhige und geduldige Art hat uns jederzeit das Gefühl gegeben, in sicheren Händen zu sein – vom Training bis zur Gipfelbesteigung. Der Gipfeltag war durch ihre Professionalität ein stressfreies und sicheres Erlebnis. Speziell erwähnen möchten wir ihr Organisationstalent. Sie haben stets unsere Outdooraktivitäten perfekt den Wetterbedingungen angepasst, was anderen Gruppen überhaupt nicht gelungen ist. Die Camps übertrafen unsere Erwartungen: saubere Toiletten (mit WC-Ring, was in Bolivien nicht selbstverständlich ist), gemütliche Aufenthaltsräume und eine Küche für die Zubereitung von Snacks und Mahlzeiten. WLAN gab es natürlich nicht – aber das gehört für uns auch nicht in eine Berghütte! (Dies erwähnen wir, da es immer wieder Touristen gibt, die solch komischen Erwartungen an den Tag legen) Ein Verbesserungsvorschlag: Die Bekleidung könnte in einigen Bereichen erneuert werden. Die Regenjacken waren recht alt und hatten kleine Defekte. Weiter war die Auswahl für passende Größen der Überhosen eingeschränkt, weshalb wir dann zu grosse erhalten haben. Auch bei den Schuhen war die Passform teilweise problematisch, die Schuhe von Nik konnten nicht richtig zugezogen werden, so das besonders der Abstieg mühselig war. Die technische Ausrüstung (Helm, Steigeisen, etc.) war dagegen in sehr gutem Zustand. Insgesamt können wir "Climbing South America" absolut empfehlen. Es war eine der besten Erfahrungen in Bolivien!

Julia Hensler

Wir haben gestern mit unserem Guide Silverio den Huayna Potosí bestiegen und wir haben eine wundervolle Erfahrung gemacht. Unsere Sicherheit war ihm sehr wichtig und er war zusätzlich auch ein sehr guter Koch! Wir würden immer wieder diese Agency wählen

Bridget McCulloch

Absolutely fantastic company to climb with! Our guide was great (very safe, lots of fun), the gear was perfect for what we needed, the refugios we stayed in gave everything you need, and the climb itself was incredible. For new-to-mountaineering people, highly reccomend (I had no prior experience and loved it). Definitely bring a water bottle ready to hold heated water, and be ready for a big day on summit day. Excellent!

nufit c

We have had a wonderful experience on the 3-day Huayna Potosi route with Climbing South America and with the best and horniest guide, Silverio! 🙂 What happens, aunt? Aunt!!!!!! ;p My partner and I had no experience with crampons and ice axes, and we had never reached 6,000m, but Silverio made it possible! The material that South America left us was super good, and the mother and daughter who run the agency were super friendly. Silverio is a very good professional, in addition to having taken mountain guide courses, he is a super good chef! What good food! And it is ensured that you will reach the summit with your body well prepared, well hydrated and with very good food in your body. It was very challenging, with the height, but he always encouraged us and we laughed a lot in super hard moments reaching the summit, and that made everything much easier. It was super exciting to reach the summit, and we thank you very much Silverio for your professionalism and your character. There are much cheaper companies, but they put a lot of people with just one guide, just to make more money. People should think twice about paying less, since the mountain is very dangerous and many things can happen if you do not have a qualified guide. We paid a little more with this company and we are very happy about it. Thanks for everything!

phil

We did the 3 day Huayna Potosi Tour with Climbing South America and had a great time! The first two days were mostly for acclimatizing while the last day was reserved for the summit. On the first day, we did ice climbing at the foot of the glacier. We were total beginners and enjoyed it a lot. For sure, we will try it again on another occasion. On the second day we hiked to the high camp and rested there to save the energy for the summit. On the last day we woke up really early for the long and exhausting hike to the summit of Huayna Potosi. The hike was quite hard but was rewarding with an incredible view on the surrounding area. Walking on the glacier was a great experience and impressive with the ice surrounding you. The tour guides, Alex and Patrick, were really professional with a lot of climbing experience, also of much more difficult mountains. We always felt perfectly safe, being secured on the rope. The guides knew how to react to altitude sickness and how to treat it. Also, one person in our group had a strong altitude sickness (unlucky) and the guides suggested to the person to not attempt the summit. They made sure that the person was well and 1 guide stayed with the person for security. The equipment provided by the agency was in good conditions and the organization done by the back office was perfect. They were really kind and made sure that everyone was fine and prepared. Overall, we had a great time and can only recommend to climb Huayna Potosi with Climbing South America!

Tereza Klemenúek

Huayna Potosi summit - Great organization, good equipment, positive, expertise and most importantly, English speaking guides who were really helping everybody in our group (Alex, Patricio, Silver). We got a snow storm but still managed it to the summit, mostly thanks to our guide Alex, who took us up offroad instead of through the dangerous ridge. Absolutely recommend going with them on this climb.