Fitz Roy

Fitz Roy
	Main peak of Fitz Roy
height	3406 m
location	Patagonia ( Argentina , Chile )
Mountains	To the
Coordinates	49 ° 16 ′ 17 ″ S , 73 ° 2 ′ 36 ″ W Coordinates: 49 ° 16 ′ 17 ″ S , 73 ° 2 ′ 36 ″ W
rock	granite
First ascent	1952 by Guido Magnone and Lionel Terray
Normal way	Extremely difficult climbing tour

The Fitz Roy , also Cerro Fitzroy or Cerro Chaltén , occasionally also FitzRoy , is a 3406 meter high granite mountain in the Argentine-Chilean Andes . He is one of the main attractions at the Argentine National Park Los Glaciares and also belongs to the Chilean Bernardo O'Higgins National Park .

In the language of the natives, the Tehuelche Indians , it is called Chaltén , which means "the smoker", because of the clouds that are often visible at the top . Today the nearest village is called El Chaltén .

Perito Moreno was the first person of European descent to describe the mountain in 1877 . He named it after Robert FitzRoy , the captain of the research vessel HMS Beagle , with which Charles Darwin traveled around the world for almost five years.

Ascents

In 1951 a French group started under the direction of Lionel Terray with the participants Jacques Poincenot , Guido Magnone , MA Azena, R. Ferlet, Lliboutry, Depasse, Strouvé and the Argentinean Francisco Ibáñez. On the approach, the experienced mountaineer Poincenot drowned while crossing a river, after which the first attempts at climbing proved to be very difficult. It was not until February 2, 1952 that Terray and Magnone made the first ascent. On January 16, 1986, Thomas Bubendorfer managed the first solo ascent. In 1994 Christoph Hainz achieved the fastest solo ascent to date in just under nine hours.

Due to its shape and extreme, unpredictable weather conditions, the mountain is extremely difficult to climb, and most attempts are unsuccessful.

Demarcation

The demarcation from the Fitz Roy massif to Cerro Daudet is controversial between Chile and Argentina . A joint border commission agreed on December 16, 1998 to postpone the drawing of the border.