Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Where to go and when to climb
3. Travel to the Andes
4. Altitude and Acclimatisation
5. Planning Mountain Expeditions
6. Climbing Conditions
7. Equipment
8. High Altitude Tips
9. Ski Mountaineering
10. VENEZUELA
11. COLUMBIA
11.1 Bogota
11.2 Sierra N. de Santa Marca
11.3 Sierra Nevada del Cocuy
12. ECUADOR
12.1 The Volcanoes
13. NORTHERN PERU
13.1 Huaraz
13.2 Cordillera Blanca
13.3 Alpamayo
13.4 Huascaran
13.5 Cordillera Huayhuash
13.6 Yerupaja
13.7 Lima
13.8 Central Cordilleras
13.9 Cord Chonta & Huanzo
14. SOUTH EAST PERU
14.1 Cuzco
14.2 Cordillera Vilcabamba
14.3 Cordillera Urubamba
14.4 Cordillera Vilcanota
14.5 Cordillera Carabay & Aricoma
14.6 Cordillera Apolobamba
15. BOLIVIA
15.1 La Paz
15.2 Cordillera Apolobamba
15.3 Cordillera Real
15.4 Cordillera Quimsa Cruz & Lipez
16. CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL
16.1 Peruvian Occidental
16.2 Arica Area
16.3 Sajama & Parinacota Area
16.4 Calama & Chilean Occidental
17. PUNTA DE ATACAMA
17.1 Calama area (Chile)
17.2 Salta area (Argentina)
17.3 Llullaillaco
17.4 Nevados de Cachi
17.5 Copiapo area
17.6 Tres Cruces
17.7 Ojos del Salado
17.8 Pissis & Bonete
18. THE HIGH ANDES
18.1 Agua Negra area
18.2 Mercdario
18.3 Mendoza
18.4 Aconcagua
18.5 Santiago & area
18.6 Maipo Area
19. MAULE & THE LAKES
19.1 Domuyo
19.2 Chillan
19.3 La Araucania
19.4 Andean Lakes District
19.5 Vocan Villarrica
19.6 Volcan Lanin
19.7 Bariloche area
19.8 Tronador
20. PATAGONIA
20.1 Chaiten & Aisen
20.2 Coihaique area
20.3 San Valentin & San Lorenzo
20.4 Fitzroy & Cerro Torre
20.5 Torres del Paine
20.6 Tierra del Fuego
21. APPENDICES