Project Desafío 8000 | The expedition

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	The Atacama Desert, the most difficult stretch in the traverse by bicycle from Lima to Santiago de Chile (3500 km).

Expeditions in America

ANDES/83 (Argentina)
Alpine expedition (2 members)
Several ascents of Mt Aconcagua (6959m)
• Normal route (Northeast face), twice (19th January and 9th February)
• Glacier route of Polish (solo in 8 hours)
• South wall in 38 hours (first in the world)

		Press reports
			Extrem: Pared sur del Aconcagua: treinta y ocho horas en la vida de dos personas Desnivel: Aconcagua: dos días en la pared sur

ANDES/85 (Peruvian Andes - Chile)
Alpine expedition (2 members)
Cyclomountaineering expedition, meeting the following achievements:
• Nevado Pisco (5752m) (4 hours)
• Nevado Chopikalki (6354m) (6 hours)
• Nevado Kitaraju (6040 m); solo (4 hours)
• Nevado Alpamayo (5974m) (10 hours to cover basecamp-summit-basecamp )
• Cycling route from Lima to Santiago de Chile (3500km), traversing 1300km in Atacama desert, the driest in the world.

		Press reports
			Desnivel, Annual 1985: Andes: El inca y el gaucho



	Toni and Pichu resting on their way via the Atacama Desert.

ANDES-PATAGONIA/87
Alpine expedition (2 members)
Two ascents of Aconcagua summit (6959m):
• Normal route (Northeast face). Climb in sport shoes from the basecamp (in 6.45 hours)
• Glacier route of Polish
• Possibly the first time that the summit is reached in only 8 days from the origin country, without previous acclimatization
• Patagonia. Climb to Fitz Roy (first Galician ascent).

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