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Torre Sur del Paine (South Tower of Paine) 2500m, east face 

Area: Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Southern Chile  

 

1. Hoth (Southeast Buttress) 5.10+ A4 WI 2/3, 1000m , 27 pitches, Conny Amelunxen, Sean Easton,  January  2000, 24 days (19 nights in a pprtaledge), capsule-style ascent with an alpine-style summit push

2. South African-American attempt 5.10 A4, 22 pitches, Dave Davies, Johnathan Gordon, Craig Peer, November 14 to December 20 of 1984, an accident turned the team back 150 meters from the summit (Peer's leg was shattered by falling rock necessitating a dramatic rescue), the high point was reached in 9 days of climbing

3. Self Right to Suicide VI A4 5.10+55o, 900 m (1150 in length), Krzysztof Belczyński, Bogusław Kowalski, Wojciech Wiwatowski, January - February 2004, after the initial fixing 13 consecutive days were spent on the wall, capsule style with two portaledge camps  

4. En el Ojo del Hurican (In the Eye of the Hurricane) 6b A4, 18 pitches plus 250 m of relatively easy mixed ground to the summit, Michel Piola, Vincent Sprungli, January 1992, the steepest part of the wall with A3 and A4 pitches was fixed

5. North Ridge 5.11 (org. VI- A1), 800 m, J. Ajazzi, Armando Aste, Castati, Nando Nusdeo, Vasco Taldo, 1963

 

 

 
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