Region: America - South & Antarctica

Carl Reilly with Tom Bide, Graeme Schofield and Sam Walmsley (June-August 2005)

Although Japanese climbers visited the Acamani region of the South-Eastern Cordillera Apolobamba during the early sixties little is known of their achievements, and recently published Bolivian maps do not cover this part of the Apolobamba. These young explorers - all past or present members of the University of Birmingham Mountaineering Club - planned to extend the well-known 'Paul Hudson Map' whilst making first ascents of some of the local peaks. They actually climbed five (assumed new) routes which they graded from D- to TD; two (including a traverse) on Casalala (5650m), two on Huelanacalloc (5847m) and one on Canisaya (5652m).

[For further information see website: www.apolobamba.com ]