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Aguja Saint Exupery

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Aguja Saint Exupery
Aguja Saint Exupery, in the middle between Aguja de la S (L) and Aguja Rafael Juarez (R), Jan 20, 2001
Highest point
Elevation2,558 m (8,392 ft)
Coordinates49°17′18.5″S73°02′17.7″W/ 49.288472°S 73.038250°W/-49.288472; -73.038250
Geography
Map
LocationPatagonia,Argentina
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typegranite
Climbing
First ascent1968 by Silvia Metzeltin, Gino Buscaini, Lino Condot, Walter Romano & Silvano Sinigoi (Italy)
Easiest routerock/snow/ice

TheAguja Saint Exuperyis amountainspear ('aguja') located near theCerro Chalténin theLos Glaciares National ParkinPatagonia,Argentina.[1]

The mountain is named in memory ofAntoine de Saint-Exupéry,theFrenchwriterandaviatorwho was director of theAeroposta Argentinaairline and pioneered postal flights in the Patagonia region between 1929 and 1931.

The Aguja Saint Exupery is not as impressive as its taller neighbors Cerro Chaltén and the strikingCerro Torre,but due to the length of itsclimbing routesand theextreme weatherconditions of the southernAndes,it shares the same big wall reputation as most Patagonian peaks.[2]The Aguja Saint Exupery was first climbed on February 23, 1968, by Silvia Metzeltin, Gino Buscaini, Lino Condot, Walter Romano & Silvano Sinigoi, an Italian team of climbers who opened an 800 metres (2,625 ft) route on its East Pillar.

Dead mountaineers

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  • Bryn Carlyle Norman, a Canadian in January 2012.

References

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  1. ^"Wicked Gravity: It's Miller time: local legend wields his own secret weapon".Boulder Daily Camera.2020-09-16.Retrieved2021-10-31.
  2. ^Gallello, Óscar Gogorza, Nacho Catalán, Ignacio (2021-03-21)."Hazaña en solitario en el Fitz Roy".El País(in Spanish).Retrieved2021-10-31.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Kearney, Alan, 1993.Mountaineering in Patagonia.Seattle USA: Cloudcap.
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