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20.027’, W 72° 32.596’, on a GPS device. On July 31, 2013 a second team led by Nathan Heald (USA), consisting of James Lissy (USA) and Edwin
Espinoza Sotelo (Peru) made the summit by the NE ridge. This makes Heald the only person to have summited the mountain twice. Due to glacial retreat, the route is now calculated to be graded
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On June 17, 2013, Nathan Heald (USA), Thomas Ryan (USA), and Luis
Crispin (Peru) made the summit at 10:30 am after nine hours of climbing from a high camp at 5,500 m. on the NE ridge. This made Crispin the first Peruvian climber to summit the mountain. The team took a reading of 6,279 m, S 13°
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associated this alignment with concepts of rain and fertility, and considered
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Salcantay was first climbed in 1952 by a French-American expedition comprising Fred D. Ayres, David
Michael Jr., John C. Oberlin, W. V. Graham Matthews, Austen F. Riggs,
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word meaning wild, uncivilized, savage, or invincible, and was recorded as early as 1583. The name is thus often translated as "Savage
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Salcantay is a large, steep peak with great vertical relief, particularly above the low valleys to the north, which are tributaries of the
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The standard route on the mountain is the
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Su máxima elevación es el pico Salcantay o Sarkantay (6.271 m)
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fell through a cornice near the summit on the NE ridge.
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807:Rachowiecki, Rob (1991).
782:List of mountains in Peru
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88:Coordinates
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471:, op. cit.
440:References
315:East face.
297:Inca Trail
251:Sallqantay
189:Vilcabamba
101:72°32′40″W
98:13°20′01″S
66:Prominence
321:Salkantay
319:The name
282:Huascarán
247:Salkantay
243:Salcantay
151:Salcantay
126:Geography
56:Elevation
33:Salcantay
18:Salkantay
634:Archived
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405:See also
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307:History
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