DAY 1.  Your guide will meet you at your hotel at 8:00 in the morning for a meet and greet and discussion for the trip ahead. Afterwards, there will be a hike to Puka Ventana just outside of the city to begin our acclimatization. We will then return to the hotel for a gear check.

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DAY 2.  We will trek to Laguna Churup at 4,500m (14,763ft). The hike offers great views of rolling hills and the higher peaks of the cordillera along the way, and the opportunity to dip our feet in the lake and enjoy a nice lunch before heading back to our hotel.

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DAY 3. We will head out early for a day-climb of Nevado Mateo which includes trail-hiking, some light scrambling, and suiting up with crampons and harness to gain the last of Mateo's 5,150m (16,892ft) summit. After our climb we return to Huaraz for the night.

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DAY 4. We meet our transport in the morning and load up for the 1-hour drive to Pashpa. From there we are greeted by our burros and organize and load gear before beginning our hike into Ishinca Valley. We arrive at base camp midafternoon and set up our camp, eat a nice meal, and turn in for the evening.

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DAY 5. An early wake-up has us rolling out of camp around 4 a.m. for the summit of Ishinca at 5,530m (18,143ft). We hike to the glacier and suit up to begin the climb to the summit returning to basecamp around 3-4pm.

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DAY 6. rest day/skills review 

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DAY 7. We head out of basecamp towards Tocllaraju 6032m (19,790 ft), making our high camp at 5000m (16,404ft). This is porter supported for all group equipment. Each climber is responsible to carry his/her own personal equipment. Expect about 4 hours to reach camp. With stunning views of Tocllaraju we will enjoy a nice dinner and then early bed for tomorrow's climb.

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DAY 8. We depart camp around 3:30 a.m. for our summit bid of Tocllaraju.  The climbing consists of moderate glacial terrain with a few pitches up to 60 degrees. This is a long day of about 11-12 hours round trip back to high camp where we will enjoy a hot meal before returning to our basecamp for dinner and bed.

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DAY 9. We wake up to a nice breakfast, then pack up and load burros before making our hike out to Pashpa to meet our transfer back to Huaraz.

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DAY 10. We take a rest day and organize gear and equipment for our main objective, Huascaran.

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DAY 11. We drive to Musho where we load our burros and hike to basecamp.

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DAY 12. We ascend onto the glacier to camp 1 on Huascaran.

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DAY 13. Expect a big day moving up the glacier to our camp 2 situated on the saddle between Huascaran Norte and Sur.

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DAY 14. We make an alpine start for our summit bid, ascending the ridgeline of Huascaran Sur, climbing slopes up to 55 degrees, and taking it all in before topping out on Huascaran's impressive summit.

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DAY 15. contingency day

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DAY 16. We continue down Huascaran's slopes to basecamp where we eat and rest up for the next day's hike out.

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DAY 17. After breakfast we pack up and descend to the trailhead for our transport back to Huaraz where we can indulge in hot showers,a celebratory meal, and a warm bed.