Jaseh Munelo is a professional Venezuelan mountain guide based in Cusco, Peru. Jaseh has over 14 years of experience guiding in the Andes.
Jaseh is a para-climbing athlete with a below-the-knee amputation after losing his foot in 2008. His love for the mountains began at the Kisnacuy Andean Club in 2006. Since then, he has traveled the world climbing.
Jaseh Muñelo is originally from Mérida, Venezuela. He is a certified mountain guide in Venezuela through the Venezuelan Association of Mountain Guides and Instructors. He is a registered sport and gym climbing instructor in Peru. Jaseh holds a WFR certification and worked as a professional firefighter with a focus on the mountain brigade for seven years. He currently works as a rock climbing guide and serves as the Outdoor Education Coordinator at Valley Camp Perú.
Jaseh also organizes mountaineering and climbing expeditions in other Latin American countries.
Expeditions, Experience, & Accomplishments :
2012 IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup - Paris, France
Competed representing Venezuela
8th place
2014 Expedition to Bolivia
Summited Huayna Potosi (6,088 m.s.n.m. / 19,970 ft.)
Summited Sajama (6,542 m.s.n.m. / 21,460 ft.)
Summited the Cabeza de Condor (5,648 m.s.n.m. / 19,530 ft.)
Summited Pequeño Alpamayo (5,430 m.s.n.m. / 17,814 ft.)
2015 Expedition to France
Climbed Mount Blanc
2016 Received mountain guide certification in Venezuela
Mountain and rock climbing guide from AVIGM Venezuela
2017 Expedition to the Tepuis
Biked carrying all gear for the expedition over 270 kms
Climbed and summited Erwoda Tepui on the “Fuerza y Luz” route (5.10+, 150 meters) and opened a new, variant route of “Más Allá de la Imaginación” (5.11, 150 meters)
2018 Moved to Perú
Relocated to the Sacred Valley of the Incas
2021 Began studying for UIAGM certification
Began UIAGM mountain guide career in CEAM in Huaraz, Peru
Opened new climbing sector in the Sacred Valley - “Cosmos”
2022 Climbing in the Cordillera Vilcanota, Cordillera Urubamba, and Arequipa
Summited Ausangate in 24 hours from car to car (6,384 m.s.n.m. / 20,940 ft.)
Summited Misti (5,822 m.s.n.m. / 19,100 ft.)
Summited Pumahuanca (5,350 m.s.n.m. / 17,552 ft.)
Certified Sport Rock Climbing Monitor in Peru through CEAM
2023 Big wall climbing in Huaraz and climbing in the Cordillera Vilcanota
Summited El Esfinge in Huaraz, Perú
Vía del 85” (6c+, 750 meters)
Summited San Braulio (5,675 m.s.n.m. / 18,619 ft.)
Climbed Condoriquiña (5,787 m.s.n.m. / 18,986 ft.)
2024 Climbing in Ecuador, Cordillera Urubamba, and Cordillera Blanca
Summited Cayambe Volcano (5,790 m.s.n.m. / 19,000 ft.)
Summited Veronica (5,911 m.s.n.m. / 19,393 ft.)
Summited Sirihuani (5,350 m.s.n.m. / 17,552 ft.)
Summited Alpamayo (5,947 m.s.n.m. / 19,510 ft.)
Summited Chopicalqui (6,354 m.s.n.m. / 20,850 ft. )