British Cordillera Carabaya Expedition: Success

Just had a short email in from friend of the brand Tom Ripley who is currently out in the Cordillera Carabaya, Peru. Both he and Hamish Dunn have successfully bagged the first ascent of the South Face of Chichicapac (5614m) The guys climbed through pitches of Scottish V 4 and a couple of crux's at VI 5 and topped out at 5pm on 22nd August'11. 

S Face of Chichicapac (5614m)

We'll have a full report and images from the guys when their back in the UK mid September.