343 | The MOST CONTROVERSIAL Mountain in the World - CERRO TORRE!! (Patagonia Travel VLOG)

Описание: 24 November 2019 - Day 94 - Cerro Torre | 343

For today we head out on another big trekking day to Cerro Torres! 🏔 Really wanted a rest day after a big 27km day yesterday, but with the sun out and rain predicted for tomorrow I couldn’t let the day go to waste!

We get going at a late 1pm on route on another 7hr hiking day. The sun sets so late here you can plan to get back at 9pm and still be bright! 🌄 Quite an easy trek we only elevate a total of 400m over the 9km hike through the scenic mountain pass until we get to Lago Torre which sits at the base of Cerro Torre! 🌲🌲

With a peak of 3128m, Cerro Torre is known to be the most controversial mountain in the world. Dating back to 1959 when the first summit was claimed by an Italian climber Maestri, there were doubts he ever made it to the top as the first ever ascent. He went back for a second try in 1970, however this time with a compressed air drill. He basically drilled bolts onto the rock face, which is frowned upon in the climbing community and is seen as cheating. This since has been known as the Compressor Route. 🗻⛏

The third controversy came much sooner in 2012 when 2 American climbers ascended to the peak, but on the way down decided to remove 125/400 bolts from the summit, removing a historic artefact and eliminating any chance of lesser skilled climbers to reach the top. 😒

They were later arrested and received strong criticism from the towns people and the climbing community. Should these 2 have been so entitled to deny lesser climbers of the chance to peak the summit due to different beliefs about the bolts? Of course it had to be Americans, touching, altering or removing historic things from other countries. I wasn’t even surprised tbh. 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

Music:
Inukshuk - Too Far Gone
Pawn Shop - Mai Ligne
Struck By You (COE Remix) (Instrumental Version) - Seroa

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