The Geckos are a La Paz-based climbing club. Two weeks ago, I went to Penas with them for a day of rock climbing.
Welcome to Penas:
Penas is a small historical village in the altiplano about an hour drive once you get out of El Alto's perpetual traffic jam. Here is the main square:
Like most altiplano villages, the church lies at the center of town:
A mighty eucalyptus stump:
Bolivian virgen:
Some of the climbing area is located right behind the Church and the priest wants to encourage climbing as a tourist activity to help the village:
He had copies of topos for the climbs waiting for us along with breakfast:
Soon we were exploring the crags. Roberto leads one of the routes:
Another enjoyable route:
Franco leads a hard route:
It goes directly out the big roof:
The same route from a different angle:
Some of the original fixed protection:
Getting crowded on top:
First day climbing and first lead for this ambitious young lady:
I made a new route with David, the local making most of the new routes. It was easy but fun. I think we graded it 6a. We called it Welcome to Penas:
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