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EXPEDITION MADIDI 3 SANTOS
PARIAMO/Rap
Mosojhuaico
The New official Bolivian Expedition Date of departure: Thursday, 11 of September 2003
The photo shows the Alto Tambopata at the border of Bolivia with Peru, in the Madidi National Park. The author is the Argentine dental surgeon Ruben Bianchi
Information
about Rio Mosojhuaico The
Basin of Mosojhuaico River has not been explored since the XIX century
and today it forms part of the Madidi National Park and its recognition
is necessary for a better knowledge and preservation of its environment.
The
waters that form the nascent of the Rio Mosojhuaico are located in the
glaciers of the Cololo hill, one of the highest peaks of the
Apolobamba’s mountain range that forms part of the Andes Oriental
mountain range. From there, the river initiates its descent through a
diverse ecological range of flats, to its estuary in the Tambopata River
where it becomes an international limit and its name in the official
cartography is Lanza. Lanza got its name by Colonel José Manuel Pando in 1897 in the section under Mosojhuaico as Lanza in remembrance to one of the Bolivian independence “proto-martyrs”. The same Pando alluded the local name Mosohjuaico - “broken wide” in Quechua tongue - as the one that used by the rescuers of Quina to name the course of water. It is the only historic reference that has been able to be found in relation with this river. The basin of the Rio Mosojhuaico is found in a complete way inside the present province of Franz Tamayo located at the north of the department of La Paz. This province is the old Caupolican and was exactly, between the years 1820 and 1880, the scenery of the named boom of the Quina, commodity for the elaboration of quina, a very appreciable product by the European pharmacopoeia since the XVIII century.
At the same time, the basin was inside the perimeter of the Madidi National Park and is considered by law as intangible zone. The Madidi National Park is considered to be one of the greater mega-diversity possessors in the entire world. It is important to emphasize that inside the registrations of the park, no exploration has been found noted and the expedition that is on hand to be carried out would return to travel through territories that are not recognized since the XIX century.
Objectives
of this Expedition The objectives of the recognition of the basin on the river Mosojhuaico can be summarized thus:
To establish a direct route of access between Puina and San Fermin that will enable a better control of the frontier and the western region of the Madidi National Park for the preservation of its environment.
To carry out a similar cartography basic
To value its potentiality for the eco-tourist utilization and
To
register documentary its landscape values of flora and fauna, especially
the presence of Andean bears or “Jucumaris”
Expedition’s
routing The
expedition will commence on Thursday 11 of September 2003 in downtown La Paz with the
following routing
Day
1
Departure from kilometer zero of the expedition members, the authorities, the guests and the media of communication following the routing to Achacachi - Escoma – Huallcapayo – Pumasani - entering the National Park Apolobamba - Ulla Ulla – Antaquilla - Apacheta of the Katantika hills at the altitude of 5360 meters above the sea level – Aguas Blancas - Pelechuco. Pelechuco once again becomes our camp base and our mules renting area that will help us try to arrive to the nascent of the Rio Mosojhuaico. (overnight in Pelechuco) Day
2
A visit to the house of Franck and the ruins of Waman. We will carry the Wilancha ceremony in Apacheta of the Katantika hill. Overnight in Pelechuco Day
3
We will leave Pelechuco on foot having
with us the support of a mule and in a high head of valley, to Makara surpassing the
passageway of Sánchez (Apacheta de Sánchez
- Glaciers of the Katantika hills)
at the altitude of almost 5000 meters, heading towards the community of Keara Day
4
Return to Pelechuco (8 hours of walk). Optional: Communication media farewell. Overnight in Pelechuco Day
5
Setting up the
logistics for departure teams 1 and 2. Team 1
Team 2
Team 3 Sovereignty Rap
Mosojhuaico Culture
PLP
UMA- PLP
U. turismo PLP Sub prefecture MNHN- CBF
UPEA BPP
GPs Apolobamba
Vicem. Cultura IGM UTO HAM Pelechuco GPs Apolobamba Optional Teams
1, 2 and 3: social media of communication Optional: Inspection SEPCAM road Suches- Puina
Continuity and/or return: Alternatives to evaluate
TEAMS 1 and 2
return to Pelechuco and from there to La Paz
TEAM 2 returns
to Pelechuco and from there to La Paz
TEAM 1 either continues to Rio Mosojhuaico as far as to San Fermín – Asariamas – Apollo – La Paz following the routing described below or it enters Peru and back to the Bolivian territory by San Fermín – Asariamas – Apollo – La Paz
Team 3 finishes the work of architectural and archaeological evaluation of patrimony in Pelechuco and returns to La Paz.
Day 6 Bound for Puina Departure of
the teams 1 and 2 (Camp base in field)
ascending to the community of high mountain of Puina at the base of the
Palomani hill
Puina-Landmark
26 Ichocorpa (7-10
days) From
Puina (point reached by the Expedition
Apolobamba- Madidi 2000) will continue on foot with the support
of seven mules with intention to reach the landmarks 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26
called Ichocorpa of the Bolivian-Peruvian limit. The route’s duration of
this section is calculated to be between 7 to 10 days. From there, we will
locate the nascent of the Mosojhuaico and we should continue the riverbed
of the same river. For this section, we will try to count on support of a
team from the community of Puina in charge of portage. Otherwise, the
expedition should arrange its own means, with an autonomy reckoned in 7 to
10 days. Landmark
26-Aymar Pukara (7
days) Continuing
on foot, by satellite photographs we have evaluated that there is enough
beach along the riverbed, although we expect a great deal of work in
surpassing the obstacle product of the ranks altitudinal among the head
(at more than 4000 meters) and its estuary (to some 800 meters above the
sea level). The territory is consisting of unknown zones and we do not
rule out to find any cataract although there is one in an affluent to the
right margin close to Aymar Pukara according to testimonies collected by
persons that have entered Peru to the zone of the Lanza
Aymar
Pukara-Cocos
(2
days) The
expedition will continue farther on foot within more unknown zones and in
case of some inconvenience, it will be evacuated in the Republic of Peru
and within the route Miraflores - Putina Punco. Cocos-San
Fermin (1
day) By
terrestrial way, we will continue on foot along the course of the River
Lanza and will try to unite the colony Aymar Pukara with the community of
Cocos, situated in the confluence of the rivers Cocos and Lanza.
Continuing by the path that already traveled through the expeditions
carried out in the 2000 and 2001 we will arrive to the community of Puerto
San Fermin, at the edges of the Tambopata River.
San
Fermin-Asariamas (6
days) We
expect our return to be carried out on foot by the route of San Fermin –
Asariamas, already traveled through by the Expedition Apolobamba- Madidi
2000 with a lasting period of six days Asariamas-Apollo
(1
day) From
Asariamas, we’ll use a 4-wheel drive car to reach Apolo, the last outpost
of civilization Apollo-La
Paz (1
day) From Apolo, we’ll continue our way back to our final destination, which is the capital La Paz.
Plan of action TEAM
1 It carries out
inspection of landmarks 21 to 26 of the limit between Bolivia and Peru.
It verifies accusations of city Hall of Pelechuco on Peruvian
penetration and illegal exploitation of gold.
TEAM
2 Develops the
RAP – Rapid Assistant Program - Mosojhuaico.
TEAM 1 Its task culminates and gives encounter to TEAM 2. LEADING
COMMITTEE Pablo Cingolani, Leader of the expeditions and advisor of the Prefect of La Paz Ricardo Solís
(Technological University of Oruro), Pedro Aramayo,
Fernando Arispe,
Gonzalo Guzman, Giovanni Violetta, Pepe Miranda, Felipe Hartmann, Alfonso Valcarce, (etc.) Mateo Laura
Canqui, Prefect of the department of La Paz H. José
Luis Rios Cambeses,
Parliamentary brigade Prefecture:
José Sáenz (PDD- SED-FMC), Juan Hoyos (turismo), Ismael Churqui (UMA), Guido Arcani (programa PAIS) Francisco Novack, Subprefect of Franz Tamayo Paz Padilla Osinaga, National director of Cultural Patrimony Authorities of
Apollo: CRA (Central of Resident Apoleños) Authorities of
Pelechuco: Mr. Ergueta Authorities of Parque Nacional Apolobamba Colonel Lino Jaén Chiri of Instituto Geográfico Militar Colonel Rául Carriles, Chancellery Nelson Vacaflor,
Badín Mejía of UPEA (Public University of El Alto) Julieta Vargas, MNHN National Museum of Natural History, CBF Bolivian Collection of Fauna, |
