Homage to Bolivia’s Brave Women.
Against the ticking clock of climate change, Bolivia’s Cholitas Escaladoras aim for Everest.
Veiling their fear that climbing Cholitas would threaten their work, male climbers invented myriad claims to stop them. They suggested that climbing as women in polleras – traditional skirts – would be dangerous.
They’re even claimed that a woman’s presence that high on a mountain would spontaneously melt the glaciers or trigger avalanches, endangering others on the mountain.
We are indigenous women, Aymaras, we come from province carrying our culture and tradition aymara, the cholitas climbers come climbing as 8 mountains more than 6,000 meters in Bolivia and 4 mountains in Chile Huallatiri 6.071 meters , Pomarape 6.248 meters , Llullaillacu 6.739 meters, Salty Eyes 6.891 meters, and finally we reached the highest mountain in South America, Argentina Aconcagua 6.961 msnm and finally we have the biggest project, reach the top of Everest and touch the roof of the world. Follow the link below to contribute to their ascent to Everest. https://www.gofundme.com/f/bolivias-cholitas-escaladoras-aim-for-everest?
👉 Follow Cecilia Cholita Escaladora, Cecilia works as a Mountain Guide in Bolivia to a variety of international clients. Click above image to go to her Instagram page.
More reading about Las Cholitas Escaladoras https://adventureuncovered.com/stories/against-the-ticking-clock-of-climate-change-bolivia-s-cholitas-escaladoras-aim-for-everest/
A documentary about the plight of the Bolivian women https://archive.org/details/cholitas-the-women-transforming-bolivia