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Americans Josh Wharton and Vince Anderson completed the first integral ascent and first free ascent of the Italian route “Suerte” on 20,100-foot Peruvian peak Jirishanca
Josh Wharton and Vince Anderson have done the first integral ascent and first free ascent of the Italian route "Suerte" (5.13a, WI6, M7, 3,500 feet) on Jirishanca (20,100 feet) after turning around just four pitches from the summit in 2019.
During a busy Patagonia season, Quentin Roberts soloed Torre Egger. On the summit, he shared some words across the chasm with Korra Pesce on Cerro Torre.
On January 28, an avalanche on Patagonia's Cerro Torre claimed accomplished alpinist Corrado "Korra" Pesce. Here's what happened.
Cesare Maestri, controversial climber dubbed ‘the spider of the Dolomites’ – obituary Maestri was revered in Italy for his climbing, but critics disbelieved his claims to have made the first ascent of Cerro Torre in Patagonia 30 January 2021 • 12:12pm Maestri in 1963 at the top of the Catinaccio in the Dolomites: ‘I don’t climb for a hobby’ Credit: Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Cesare Maestri, who has died aged 91, was a brilliant Italian climber nicknamed “the spider of the Dolomites”, but who became embroiled in one of the greatest climbing controversies ...