Cerro Torre on our 4 weeks Patagonia trip. Made quite an impression.

November 2002

#ThrowbackThursday #Hiking #WeekylHikingPicture #CerroTorre

The first widely accepted ascent of #CerroTorre was made #OnThisDay in 1974 by Italians Casimiro Ferrari, Daniele Chiappa, Mario Conti and Pino Negri.

After the controversy of The Compressor Route just a few years earlier, Tom Connor summed up the mood in the 1975 Alpine Journal, stating simply: "At last an ethically pleasing ascent of Cerro Torre"

📷 Taken by Ben Campbell Kelly on a separate expedition in 1974.

Me and Cerro Torre! The closest I ever came to this magnificent mountain, a sight that will live long in the memory. Of course, to get up there I'd need helicopter assist 😂
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I miss this place! The Patagonian Icecap. This photo is a few years old but has inspired us enough to head back there in November 2024.

It shows a party crossing the Patagonian Icecap with the stunning backdrop of the Cerro Torre range covered in snow and ice. An incredible sight.

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