Cerro Catedral del Barroso (âCathedral of the Muddy Rive
Catedral del Barroso. W ith a feet) C erro C atedral del Barroso was am ong the finest peaks still expedition lasting ten days, three
height of only 4510 m eters (14,797 ( “C athedral of the M uddy River” ) unclim bed in central Chile. In an climbers from R ancagua, F . Ib áñez,
A. O porto and J. Vergara, approached the m ountain from the west, by way of the Pangal valley and established a high cam p at 4000 meters (13,124 fee t). The climb itself was painstakingly slow on account of the bad quality of the rock and the frozen conglomerate. Shortly below the top, two of the climbers decided to abandon the ascent, but J. V ergara risked it to continue alone and reached the summit, a first ascent (D ecem ber 7, 1978). H u m b e r t o B arrera , C lub A n d in o de C hile, Santiago
height of only 4510 m eters (14,797 ( “C athedral of the M uddy River” ) unclim bed in central Chile. In an climbers from R ancagua, F . Ib áñez,
A. O porto and J. Vergara, approached the m ountain from the west, by way of the Pangal valley and established a high cam p at 4000 meters (13,124 fee t). The climb itself was painstakingly slow on account of the bad quality of the rock and the frozen conglomerate. Shortly below the top, two of the climbers decided to abandon the ascent, but J. V ergara risked it to continue alone and reached the summit, a first ascent (D ecem ber 7, 1978). H u m b e r t o B arrera , C lub A n d in o de C hile, Santiago
