Fitz Roy
Fitz Roy | ||
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Main peak of Fitz Roy |
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height | 3406 m | |
location | Patagonia ( Argentina , Chile ) | |
Mountains | To the | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 16 ′ 17 ″ S , 73 ° 2 ′ 36 ″ W | |
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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.
Fitz Roy (right) and
Cerro Torre (left)El Chaltén with Fitz Roy in the background
additional
The Fitz Roy is featured both in the coat of arms of the Argentine province of Santa Cruz and in the logo of the Patagonia company.
See also
Web links
- Photos on "weltderberge.de"
- History of the first ascent
- The Fitz Roy on pataclimb.com (English)
- Climbing in Patagonia (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ bergfieber.de , accessed on February 5, 2011