Pucajirca or Pucahirca (possibly from Quechua ''puka'' red,

Ancash Quechua Ancash Quechua, or Huaylay (Waylay), is a Quechua variety spoken in the Peruvian department of Ancash by approximately 1,000,000 people. Like Wanka Quechua, it belongs to Quechua I (according to Alfredo Torero). Classification The Ancash Quech ...

''hirka'' mountain, "red mountain") is a mountain in the

Cordillera Blanca The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...

in the

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, about 6,046 m (19,836 ft) high. It is located in the

Ancash Region Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ...

, Pomabamba Province, Pomabamba District (Pucajirca Norte) as well as in the Huaylas Province,

Yuracmarca District Yuracmarca or Yuraq Marka (Quechua ''yuraq'' white, ''marka'' village, "white village") is one of 10 districts of the Huaylas Province in the Ancash Region of Peru. The capital of the district is the village of Yuracmarca. Geography The district ...

(Pucajirca Central) north of

Rinrijirca Rinrijirca (possibly from Quechua ''rinri'' ear, Ancash Quechua ''hirka'' mountain, "ear mountain") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 5,810 m (19,836 ft) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaylas ...

. Its slopes are within

Huascarán National Park Huascarán National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Huascarán) is a Peruvian national park that comprises most of the mountain range known as Cordillera Blanca (the world's highest tropical mountain range) which is part of the central Andes, in the r ...

. The mountain has three separate and independent summits: Pucajirca Norte (6,046 m), Central (6,014 m) and Oeste (6,039 m). The current

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data has no enough evidence to confirm its official altitude.

First Ascent

The summit of Pucajirca Norte was first achieved on July 14, 1955, by Nick Clinch and

Andrew Kauffman II Andrew J. Kauffman II (1920–2002) was an American mountaineer who made the first ascent of Gasherbrum I on 5 July 1958 alongside Pete Schoening. He also made the first ascent of Mount Proteus in 1947. Kauffman also served as vice president of t ...

(USA), also two days later by Harvey McMannis and David Sowles (USA). Erwin Schneider summited Pucajirca Oeste in the 1930s.

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First Ascent

See also

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