Yerupaja

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yerupaja or Nevado Yerupaja is a mountain of the Cordillera Huayhuash in north central Peru, part of the Andes. At 6,635 m (other sources: 6,617 m) it is the second-highest in Peru and the highest in the Cordillera Huayhuash. The summit was first reached in 1950 by Jim Maxwell and Dave Harrah, and its northern peak (Yerupaja Norte) in 1968 by the Wellingtonian Roger Bates and Graeme Dingle. The mountain's local name is El Carnicero, which means The Butcher. This name refers to the knife-edge-sharpness of its summit ridge, and possibly to the climbers who have died trying to climb it. Many visitors consider Yerupaja to be the most spectacular peak in South America. There have been only a few successful ascents of the peak because it is one of the hardest Andean high peaks to climb. The most popular route is the southwest face. The approach is normally made from Huaraz southwards via Chiquián and Jahuacocha.