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First Ascent

It was one of the last 6,000m+ peaks in the Andes to be climbed. Baboso was first climbed by John Biggar, Gordon Biggar, Peter Clarke, Peter Gilbert, Brian Powling, (UK) and Damian Aurelio Vargas (Peru) June 11th 2000. AAJ 1997 page 243 shows a previous ascent on 20/11/1996 when German del Rio and Jorge Llanos approached the peak on motorbikes. However, in an interview with John Biggar, he proved they did not reach the summit.

Elevation

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yields 6055 metres,

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6097 metres. The height of the nearest

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. Baboso is considered a Mountain according to the ''Dominance System'' and its dominance is 10.02%. Its

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References

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