The Ark of the Winds

Ermanno Salvaterra

Posted on: July 1, 2006


To the climbing media, the enduring controversy of Cerro Torre's 1959 "first ascent" represented the point of the north face. For three of Patagonia's most devoted aficionados, however, it was simply the most beautiful line they could imagine.

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