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Chumacraju web site introduction

What does Chumacraju means?

In Quechua (native Peruvian language), Chumac is used as an adjective for "beautiful, splendid", raju is the name for snowy summit.
When i have made an expedition in Cordillera Blanca in Peru (july 2004), before climbing Nevado Pisco, our peruvian guides teach me some Quechua words. I have choosen this name for this web site in tribute to my friends.

Web site purpose

Realized by a french pyrenean mountaineer, this site is dedicated to mountaineering in France and in the world. All trekings, ascents and expedition have been made by the author.

As Georges Leigh Mallory, the famous english mountaineer (read “Mallory and Everest”) answered to a jourrnalist question : “Why do you want to climb Mount Everest ?” he replied “Because it is there”.

Choices for trekkings and ascents of this web site result from this quest but alo represent a personnel and subjective approch : summit esthetic considerations, landscape at the summit ...

Why climbing mountains ? Firstable, for summit's view to guess during ascension. What perspective is offer from summit ?

But also for aesthetism and difficulties of the ascension, for moral and physical invest wich are required and part of creativity involved in personnal engagment and the way to reach it.

I feel this “abstract emotion”, very personnal discovered after each summit. It refer to infinite of this landscape and in oneself in this quest wich reach you, summit after summit, to our interior peace and our own carrying out

I also wish to introduce useful informations, not actualy available on web.

This site is a modest contribution to mountain practice

I hope that it will contribute in sharing our passion for mountains and people involved.

 

Special dedication

I dedicate this site to my friends and specially to :

Sire creator ending Endron guley (France : Ariège)