Jean-Claude
Latombe's Mountaineering, Climbing, and Trekking Page
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This webpage shows pictures of some
of the climbs and trips I made in South America (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia,
Argentina, Chile), Central Asia (Nepal, Tibet, Xinjiang, Afghanistan,
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan), Africa (Morocco, Ethiopia), New Guinea (Irian Jaya), North America (California’s Sierra Nevada,
McKinley), etc.
Climbing robot
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”Mountaineering
draws on many aspects of our character, including sound judgment, boldness,
intelligence, great effort, and faith in ourselves. This total engagement is
the source of our greatest reward, and it is where both the joy and the
challenge of alpinism lie. We want to feel that we have earned our success and
survival, that we didn’t jut roll the dice and let outer circumstances
determine our fate.”
Mark Houston and Kathy Cosley
High
and moderate altitude, technical and non-technical climbs
- Washington: Rainier (4300m), Baker.
- California:
Shasta (4200m; 8 times, including 2 solos of Casaval
Ridge), Whitney (4418m; 4 times), Russell (4294m), Dana (3990m; twice), Lamark (4090m), Morgan-South (3987m), Lone Pine, Clyde
Minaret, Sill (4314m), Bear Creek Spire (4045m), Agassiz (4235m), Julius
Caesar (4023m), Gardiner (3934m), Cotter (3875m), North Peak (3600m), Conness (3600m), Matterhorn (3600m, 7 times).
- New Mexico: Wheeler (4050m).
- Alaska: McKinley
(6100m, up to 5000m)
- Ecuador: Cotopaxi (5900m), Cayambe (5800m),
Tungurahua (5100m), Rucu
Pichincha.
- Bolivia: Pequeno Alpamayo (5600m), Eslovenia (5300m), Pyramida Bianca (5400m),
Huayna Potosi (6088m),
Illimani (6460m).
- Peru: Cordillera Blanca: Alpamayo
(5947m), Huascaran
(6768m). Cordillera Huayhuash.
Cordillera Vilcabamba.
- Argentina: Aconcagua (6959m).
- Morocco:
Toubkal (4167m, 4 times), Mgoun (4068m).
- Nepal:
Kala Pattar (5600m), Lobuche East (6000m), Ama Dablam (up to 200m
from the 6850m summit), over 6,000m in Kanchenjunga
area, Makalu (8485m, up to 7000m), Gokyo Ri (5360m), Kyajo Ri (6186m).
- Kyrgyzstan:
Khan Tengri (7000m, up to 5900m).
- Xinjiang (China): Muztagh Ata (7546m).
- Tibet: Cho
Oyu (8200m, up to 7100m).
- Japan: Fuji.
Rock
climbing
- Sport climbing:
- California: Owens Gorge, Bishop area, Rock Creek,
Yosemite Valley, Pinnacles, and Joshua Tree.
- Nevada: Red Rocks.
- Washington:
Leavenworth area.
- New Hampshire: Rumney.
- Thailand: Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Le.
- France: Calanque
d'En-Vau and Dentelles
de Montmirail.
- Alpine rock climbing routes:
- California:
- Cathedral Peak
(Southeast Buttress, 5.7)
- Lone Pine Peak (North Ridge, 5.4)
- Mt. Whitney (East Buttress, 5.8),
- Mt. Russell (Fishhook Arete,
5.9)
- Mt. Sill (Swiss Arete, 5.6)
- Temple Crag (Sun Ribbon Arete, 5.9, Venitian Blind, 5.7)
- Bear Creek Spire (North Arete, 5.8)
- Clyde Minaret (South-East Face Direct, 5.9+)
- Mt. Dana (Third Pillar, 5.10)
- Mt. Conness (North Ridge, 5.6)
- Nepal:
Ice
climbing
- California: Lee Vining
Canyon, North Peak (North-East Couloir).
- Washington: Mt. Baker (Mustache
route).
- Canadian Rockies: Banff and Lake Louise area.
- Peru: Alpamayo (Ferrari route).
- Nepal: Ama Dablam (South-West
Route)
Randonnee ski and ski mountaineering
- Matterhorn, California (7 times).
- Mount Shasta, California. (4 times)
- Tour
of Mt. Lamark (Sierra Nevada), 1998.
- Sierra
Nevada Haute Route, 1998.
- Monarch
and Cirque Divides (Sierra Nevada), 1999.
- Great Western Divide (Sierra Nevada),
2000.
- Clarence
King and Gardiner Basin, 2004.
- Muztagh
Ata (Xinjiang, China), 2000.
Treks
- Indonesia: Central Sulawesi (twice), Central Irian Jaya
(exploration of valleys east of Baliem valley)
- Nepal: Everest base camp, Kanchenjunga area, Annapurna area
- Morocco’
High Atlas: Djebel Toubkal, Djebel Mgoun, Djebel Waougoulzat, Taghia-Koucer-Assif-Melloul, High
Atlas of Marrakech
- Ethiopia: Danakil desert,Tigre,
Siemen, Ras Dashan
area
- Kyrgyzstan: Ala Archa, Terskey Alatau
- Central Asia 2004: Aksu and Kichi-Alai (Kyrgyzstan) and Fann
mountains (Tajikistan)
- Central
Asia 2005: Matcha (Kyrgyzstan)
- Central
Asia 2006: Fann mountains (Tajikistan)
- Peru:
Cordilleras Huayhuash, Vicabamba,
and Vilcanota
- Argentina: Fitzroy
- Chile: Torres del Paine
- China: Yunnan
(Tiger Leaping Gorge)
Other
trips
- Summer 1967, a tour of the Middle-East: Turkey, Iran, Koweit,
Irak, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
- Summer 1969, from the mouth of the
Nile to its source and slightly beyond: Egypt, Soudan,
Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania.
- Summer 1970, by car from France to
Pakistan and back: Italy, Yougoslavia, Greece,
Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
- Spring and Winter
1983, Algeria (Moab, Tassili).
- January 2008, Saudi
Arabia (Medain Saleh).
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