El Plomo High Shrine
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On March 30, 1954, a Chilean newspaper announced an archeological discovery of worid-wide significance. It was about the frozen body of a child of 8 or 9 years of age, sacrificed by the Incas at the top of one of the highest mountains of the Andes Cordillera, in front of Santiago city. The existence of buildings' traces on the ascending path to the top of this hill was known since the end of last century. Mountaineers, muleteers and more prospectors found traces of Inca presence in Cerro El Plomo, which finally led, in 1954, to the discovery of this Shrine and of the body it sheltered. The finding was thrilling for the professionals of the time. The child's frozen body kept his fingerprints; his remains and rich trousseau were intact. The Cerro El Plomo High Shrine is a result of the cult of mountains a fundamental element of the Inca conception of the world-, which is closely associated to the cult of fertility.
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Climbing Cerro EL PLOMO
Day 1 Santiago - piedra numerada
Day 2 piedra numerada - refugio federación
Day 3 extra day
Day 4 refugio federación - Cumbre - La hoya
Day 5 refugio federación - Santiago
Day 2 piedra numerada - refugio federación
Day 3 extra day
Day 4 refugio federación - Cumbre - La hoya
Day 5 refugio federación - Santiago
Include
Does not include
- Mountain guide
- Transfers
- Mules for luggage
- Mountaineering tents
- Base camp dinner tent
- Satelital phone
- Gps
- Pulse oximeter
- First aids kit
- All meals during the mountain (breakfast, trail food, dinner)
Does not include
- Airfare
- Personal equipment
- Insurance
