Cerro Torre
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|} Cerro Torre is a mountain located in the Los Glaciares National Park of Patagonia. The peak is the highest in a four mountain chain: Cerro Torre, Torre Egger, Punta Herron, and Cerro Standhart.
First ascent
Cesare Maestri claimed in 1959 that he and Toni Egger had reached the summit and that Egger had been swept to his death by an avalanche while they were descending. However, inconsistencies in Maestri's account and the lack of bolts, pitons or fixed ropes on the route has led most mountaineers to doubt Maestri's claim.The first undisputed ascent is that by Daniele Chiappa, Mario Conti, Casimiro Ferrari, and Pino Negri in 1974.
The route was long considered the hardest mountain climb in the world.
Trivia
Cerro Torre was featured in the 1991 film Scream of Stone, directed by Werner Herzog.
Reference
- Kearney, Alan, 1993. Mountaineering in Patagonia. Seattle USA: Cloudcap.
External links
- [Cerro Torre on SummitPost.org]
- [Article on Cesare Maestri and the controversy regarding the first ascent]
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