these configurations will be saved for each time you visit this page using this browser
| Name | Siula Grande (Siulá grande, in Spanish) |
|---|---|
| Photo | Siula grande.jpg |
| Elevation m | 6,384 |
| Location | Peru |
| Range | Cordillera Huayhuash |
| Coordinates | |
| First ascent | 1936 |
| Easiest route | glacier/snow/ice climb |
Siula Grande is a mountain in the Cordillera Huayhuash, in the Peruvian Andes. It is 6344 m high and has a subpeak Siula Chico 6260 m high.
It was made famous by the book Touching the Void by Joe Simpson, about an ascent and subsequent harrowing descent of the mountain by him and Simon Yates in 1985. The book was made into a film of the same title in 2003. Although they ascended the West face, and thereby became the first to reach the summit by that route, they chose the North Ridge (first descended in 1936 by a German team) for their descent, which was made almost impossible by horrible weather. All subsequent climbers have avoided the ridge and rappelled back down the face. As of 2009 the south face has not been climbed.
This is a partial list of first ascents by new routes made. 1936 July 28 North Ridge by Arnold Awerzger and Erwin Schneider from Germany. 1966 June 21 fourth ascent by Obster, Schulz and M. Sturm via the North ridge en route to Siula Chico 1985 West Face by Joe Simpson and Simon Yates
Category:Mountains of Peru Category:Lima Region Category:Huánuco Region
This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
