Cerro El Plomo

South-west side.

The Cerro El Plomo is a mountain located in the Andes, 5,424 meters high, 46 kilometers northeast of Santiago de Chile. In 1500 AD, he was first climbed by the Incas, as the mountain god sacrificed to him a child, and buried at the summit. Because of a low degree of difficulty, it is one of the most bestie own five thousand in Chile.

Description

The El Plomo is part of an impressive massif. Its summit and any associated glaciers are visible from far away in the capital region. The mountain massif belongs to the Andean Sierra Hochgebirkskette Esmeralda their summits and passes 4000-5400 m lie.

On the south side of El Plomo there are powerful screes greatly simplify the ascent. In contrast, the eastern side has walls that drop almost vertically to 1500 to 2000 m. Away between the main peak and the 300 m, from Santiago visible side peaks (33 ° 14 ' 20 " S, 70 ° 13' 1" W 33.238888888889 - 70.2169444444445412 [A 1] ) is a plateau that even in winter the prevailing because of the violent winds will remain free of snow. There is a 20 by 10 meters large pool of superficial freezes.

Of the Incas El Plomo was a mountain god. They built in the period between 1483-1533 the rise and near the summit grave and places of worship, paved roads, and shelters. In 1954, the permafrost body of an eight- year-old boy was discovered near the summit, which had been sacrificed to the mountain deity.

The first public has become known ascent was in 1896 by the German - Chileans Gustavo Brandt and Rodolfo Luck instead. To their disappointment, they found trash on the summit which had previously been left by other people.

Pictures

Inca worship, at 5200 m

Leonera (left) and El Plomo

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