Jirishanca is a stunning peak in the Peru portion of the Andes. It rises to 20,095 feet in the sky, presenting a remarkable and notably difficult climbing opportunity for the best of the best. It features big wall climbing, ice climbing, and nearly anything else a professional climber could dream of.
Climbers Josh Wharton and Vince Anderson attempted to summit the mountain back in 2019, failing to reach the top by what seemed like a few hundred meters. Wharton had attempted the mountain several times before hand. The duo returned to climb an unfinished Italian route in 2022, managing intense risks and fears while reaching for the summit.
“Josh Wharton is the most accomplished alpinist you’ve never heard of. But while he’s been quietly crushing ambitious objectives to little or no fanfare, fatherhood, and warming weather have begun to reshape the world he knew. When Wharton and his climbing partner Vince Anderson attempt to take the 2003 Italian route to the summit of Jirishanca in Peru, they’re forced to account for risk as never before.“