Mount Fitz Roy

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Mount Fitz Roy

mountain, Argentina

Also known as: Mount Chaltel

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Alex Honnold
Early climbing accomplishments
…first pair to complete Patagonia’s Fitz Roy Traverse, climbing up and down a 3-mile (5-km) ridgeline of seven peaks over five days. In 2016 Honnold and Colin Haley made the first-ever one-day ascent and the second completion of Patagonia’s Torre Traverse.
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…first pair to complete Patagonia’s Fitz Roy Traverse, climbing up and down a 3-mile (5-km) ridgeline of seven peaks over five days. In 2016 Honnold and Colin Haley made the first-ever one-day ascent and the second completion of Patagonia’s Torre Traverse.
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Los Glaciares National Park
Mount Fitz Roy (11,073 feet [3,375 meters]) is the highest point in the park. Wildlife includes guanacos, chinchillas, pudu and guemal (two species of small deer), condors, and rheas. The park was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1981.
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Mount Fitz Roy (11,073 feet [3,375 meters]) is the highest point in the park. Wildlife includes guanacos, chinchillas, pudu and guemal (two species of small deer), condors, and rheas. The park was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1981.
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Andes Mountains
Physiography of the Southern Andes
…mountains exceed 10,000 feet (Mount Fitz Roy reaching 11,073 feet) north to latitude 46° S but average only 6,500–8,400 feet from latitude 46° to 41° S, except for Mount Tronador (11,453 feet). North of Lake Aluminé (Argentina) the axis of the cordillera shifts to the east up to a…
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…mountains exceed 10,000 feet (Mount Fitz Roy reaching 11,073 feet) north to latitude 46° S but average only 6,500–8,400 feet from latitude 46° to 41° S, except for Mount Tronador (11,453 feet). North of Lake Aluminé (Argentina) the axis of the cordillera shifts to the east up to a…
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