Alpine Style

Josh Wharton and his partner Bean Bowers (just barely visible) are making the first free ascent of the Casarotto Pillar, Cerro Fitz Roy, Patagonia. Crystal Davis-Robbins and I also made a successful ascent of this sought after, but rarely completed Patagonian classic. A better alpine rock route would be hard to imagine!

It's hard to beat a bluebird day in Patagonia. The Torre Glacier and the Cerro Torre group from the summit of Aguja Rafael.

Paul McSorley hand jams the traverse pitch on the first free and first integral ascent of the West Buttress on Aguja Rafael, El Chalten Massif, Patagonia. The Cerro Torre group stands proudly in the background.