This jagged, granite-walled mountain towers 11,000 feet over El Chaltén in Southern Patagonia. Mount Fitz Roy, which typically stands obscured in a haze of clouds, was originally named "Chaltén ...
Thawing permafrost on the granite spires of Patagonia is triggering the same dangerous rockfall that has plagued other mountain ranges ... on the East Face of Fitz Roy have changed.
On the 66th anniversary of the disputed first ascent of Cerro Torre in Patagonia by Cesare Maestri and Toni Egger, we examine ...
Interview with Belgian climbers Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva after their on-sight ascent up the East Face of Fitz Roy, Patagonia. "We just had another super nice window of good weather in ...
We lost a good friend and I think it gave us all pause about the dangers of mountain climbing. Alex: from your recent Sendero Luminoso solo to the Fitz Roy traverse… the difference is clear, less so ...
Thomas Huber, Jon Griffin, and Tad McCrea finally succeeded on Fitz Roy by the Californiana route ... southeast ridge of Cerro Torre. The three mountain guides had to wait six weeks for a suitable ...