PeakBroski

Vicuna ended up being a little more challenging than I expected. The trudge up to the saddle was not too bad, but the scramble at the summit ended up being more exposed than I expected. The scramble was mostly Class 3, with one Class 4 section that was definitely on the edge of my comfort zone. My initial plan was to do both Vicuna and Guanaco, but we started rather late (11:30am-ish), and even after deciding to skip Guanaco we only got back to my car around 7pm. I feel like if I had done Guanaco it would have gotten rather late, and I really do despise driving through the mountains that late at night.

My first ever blog post - I am excited! I hope to chronicle my journey as I attempt to conquer new peaks, try out some good hikes, and improve my abilities at more technical bits. I am also going to attempt to be thorough and do a somewhat in depth walk through of the actual hike and any difficult parts. I only meant to do Yak but I ended up doing Nak just because it was so easy to get to (but I don't know how much additional elevation gain and distance it was). Definitely much less challenging than I thought it would be. I wouldn't really call it a hard hike, but you can expect to sweat for sure. I didn't encounter anything new or anything out of my comfort zone. The views at the top were pretty good, and I do like the fact that there weren't any long flat portions - those tend to really bore me when I'm hiking.