The "Climbing Cholitas of Bolivia" made a summit in Aconcagua: the message of Evo Morales

The women of the Aymara people who climbed the hill of Aconcagua dressed in their typical costumes were crowned the highest peak of South America, located in the Andes Mountains at 6,962 meters of altitude. altitude, Thursday reported the Andean Association of Adventure Tourism and Mountain Promoters (Aaptam).

Carlos Mamani, president of Aaptam, pointed out that around 4 pm on Wednesday, two of the five women named "Cholitas Escaladoras" have achieved their dream of reaching the summit without problems.

"The arrival at the summit was scheduled for January 22, the day of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, but due to weather conditions and high winds, they waited one more day in the cholera camp at 6,000 meters altitude and on the 23rd they managed to conquer the summit, "he told Telam Mamani.

The climbers are Lidia Huayllas Estrada, Dora Magueño Machaca, Analía González Magueño, Cecilia Llusco Alaña and Elena Quispe Tincuta, aged between 24 and 50 years old. Among them, Analía González and Elena Quispe have achieved the goal, becoming the first Andean origin Aymara to reach the summit.

On Friday morning, even the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, tweeted a message for climbers:

"I am very happy and excited for the climb to the top of the cholitas and I congratulate you for placing our Bolivian flag and our badociation on the highest summit in South America," said Mamani, who said pointed out that women had climbed with their traditional La Paz Clothing.

The president of Aaptam and the husband of one of the mountaineers said that "now why not dream more, with Everest, the highest mountain in the world that is a new project of cholitas ".

Mamani said relatives, badociates of the Bolivian Andean Association and 11 other women from Bolivia's Cholitas Escaladoras group, formed in 2015, are expecting the return of women.

The logistics team stationed at the base camp of Plaza de Mulas (4,300 meters) confirmed its arrival at the summit of Aconcagua, but it was expected that this afternoon, the cholitas would receive a cellular signal allowing them to establish a direct contact.