Cerro Piergiorgio, Esperando la Cumbre. Italians GianLuca Maspes ...

Cerro Piergiorgio, Esperando la Cumbre. Italians G ianLuca Maspes and M aurizio Giordani returned to Piergiorgio in 1996 with the intention o f finishing their uncompleted Gringos Locos on the northwest face only to find their fixed ropes shredded by the high winds. They therefore turned their attention to the north side o f the wall, where they climbed a new line that they named Esperando la Cumbre. This route climbs the couloir ju st left o f the northwest face to the upper col, continues on the east face and onto the northeast pillar. It was climbed on Decem ber 4-5, 1996 (800 meters, 6+/A 2/75°). The northwest face was also attempted by a French team led by Jerome Thiniers. They climbed three new pitches for which they drilled some 40 holes for riv­ ets, bathooks and bolts.Cerro Fitz Roy, Correction. In the 1996 AAJ, a photo of Fitz Roy’s east face mistakenly attributed the El Corazon route to “Albert et al., 1993.” The first ascensionists o f the route were the Swiss pair of O chsner and Pitleka, and the route was established in 1992.