The Cerro Torre Disaster

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• ZA

  @zarasbazaar · 4 years ago

  That ice rime mushroom is simultaneously one of the most interesting and most terrifying things I've seen. I can't imagine climbing inside that.

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• AN

  @Andrew44099 · 4 years ago

  Going back up there to save that guy was extremely brave and heroic

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• VI

  @vindictivetiger · 4 years ago

  Messner's comment about Cerro Torre is apt: a shriek turned to stone.  It has a striking presence.

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• CH

  @christopherseivard8925 · 4 years ago

  Just to weigh in; two years ago, I suffered a grand Mal Stroke; I lived, but I am trying to recover. I live for YouTube. Thanks. Your stories are fascinating. They help me concentrate.

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• SH

  @ShadeCandle · 3 years ago

  Wow... I've had a punctured lung, and the thought of climbing down that cliff in that condition defies my imagination. I had to hike a kilometer out to the road when it happened to me, on gently sloped land, and I could barely do it. This blows my mind.

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• RU

  @ruger8412 · 4 years ago

  As a paraplegic I can say he wouldn&apos;t of wanted to live this life. I was an avid outdoorsman &amp; now im lucky to camping once a year or two. It changes every aspect of your being, how others perceive &amp; treat you. Rip brother!!<br>Godbless

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• TU

  @Tuberuser187 · 4 years ago

  Aguilo trying to descend with his injuries to try and get help was simply heroic, then the other climbers trying to rescue the stricken climbers. Poor Pesche, rest in peace.

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• BE

  @beverlyhitchon4901 · 3 years ago

  It is always staggering yet so very heart warming to hear that fellow climbers always go out of their way, and put their lives at risk to try and save a stranded fellow climber. So sad when any climber looses their life. May they all rest in peace.

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• SI

  @SilentKnight43 · 3 years ago

  That peak just looks like it&apos;s sole purpose is to mess with humans and give&apos;em a real bad day.

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• JD

  @jdoug4444 · 3 years ago

  So far, every mountaineering story in which &quot;night&quot; and &quot;summit&quot; come together ends very poorly.

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• JE

  @jedgarren2901 · 2 years ago

  I STILL cannot believe that Lama free-climbed Cerro Torre INSANE

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• EX

  @ExtremeDeathman · 4 years ago

  What&apos;s also scary about the southern Andes are the weird snow conditions. It&apos;s like the snow in these mountains is extra sticky to form steep merangs, high serracs and fill even the most difficult slopes. Just to explode into violent avalanches at the most impossible of times.

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