i arrived in lima on wednesday night and took a taxi to my hotel for the night where i played some pool and foosball until about two am with the owner. the next day was another rainy day in lima and i wasn´t exactly excited to walk around in the smog so i booked my night bus to huaraz and left thursday night at ten. unable to sleep, i layed in my seat and waited for the white cakes to show up and eventually they did around three or four am. i could see them perfectly since the full moon was only a day before. there were some peaks that i had never seen or heard of before, FA potential? i don´t know. anyway, i met my old friend salvador in huaraz fri morning and he put me up in my usual room at hotel tamia. that afternoon i checked the weather report only to find that it was supposed to rain within three days. i got my ass in gear, bought all the food and supplies i needed and headed for Maparaju in Quebrada Quilcahuanca. long story short, i was planning on resting sunday, climbing monday and returning today. i woke up interestingly at one thirty on sunday morning (when i had planned to start climbing the following day) randomly and my intuition told me to go for it. it was the perfect night for an ascent so i fired up the coffee and put my skis on my back. i left camp at three am and climbed for four hours to the summit of Maparaju. the snow conditions were perfect for climbing, but a little rough for skiing, i went for it anyhow. it took me two hours and and fifteen minutes from the glacier to the summit and twelve minutes for the ski descent. all and all, i went from sea level to seventeen in four days which isn´t a great idea but my body handled it and i can´t wait for the next climb. the photos don´t justify...no ski photos as it was dificult enough to keep my nerves down on the descent let alone take a picture of myself while doing it...
