Ice Climbing in Huayna Potosí

Ice climbing at the Huayna Potosí is recommended for novice ice climbers because the guides the agency uses are very good and able to get someone like me up a 15 meter wall even though I'd only done it one other time in my life, with little success. It's a day-long journey. The agency leaves Peace at 8 a.m., and in less than two hours you'll be at the 4,700 meter refuge, which is where you equip yourself for the ice climb. Then you walk for an hour to the practice area, where they teach you how to handle an ice ax, crampons, as well as using ropes and knots, things about crevasse rescue, etc. It's