Los Nevados National Park lies in Colombia's Cordillera Central mountain range, around 150km south of the city of Medellin. It rises to just over 5,000m and is surrounded by páramo, the high-altitude grassland characterised by damp, windy conditions, tall paja grass and unusual plant species.
Nevado Santa Isabel (4,950m) is one of the highest peaks in Los Nevados, crowned by a glacier that is rapidly shrinking. We had been led to believe that its main summit was an easy scramble, but it was a technical rock climb, capped by a broken mass of rock about 20 to 30m high. Half of our team, including myself, decided not to climb it after waiting over two hours for the first four team members to be belayed up one by one.
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9 июн 2020
