Field note
La Esfinge, The Original Route
- Peak
- La Esfinge
- Range
- Cordillera Blanca, Peru
- Elevation
- 5,325 m
- Route
- The Original Route
- Grade
- 5.10d, 15 pitches
- Climbed
- 8 August 2025
- With
- Paco
- Outcome
- Summit
Three weeks in the range before this one.
19 July. Tocllaraju.
27 July. Ishinca.
1 August. A day on bolts around Huaraz. Eight routes, up to 5.11d at Los EspaƱoles.
2 August. Mission Lunatica.
8 August. La Esfinge, the Original Route. Fifteen pitches at 5.10d, on lead, with Paco.
From my notes that day: “just splitter rock in the high alpine enviro with an amazing partner.”