Gripped

Patagonia Success, Despite Weather

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and Tony Richardson made the tr ip to Patagonia in early 2014. The weather was bad most of the season and rimed rock left few options for climbers. The pair repeated Super Domo WI5, M6, 500 m, as soon as they arr ived. They then climbed the new routes, El Busca Jesus, AI4R, M5, on Cerro Pallone, and The Richard-Simmons, AI4, 110 m, on Aguja Guillaumet’s east face. Before returning to Canada, they made a free ascent of a 1994 Conrad Anker route, Tomahawk on Cerro Standhardt, at M7, 450 m.

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