Jirishanca Chico Tragedy. In August, after American Robert Ander son ...

Jirishanca Chico Tragedy. In August, after A m erican R obert A nder­ son, Scot Dr. John Hosie and Peter Cornw all had m ade an unsuccessful attem pt on the east face of Y erupajá Chico, the three climbed Jirishanca Chico unroped, stopping just short of the rotten cornice on the very summ it. W hile descending rotten rock on cram pons just below the summ it, Dr. H osie fell 1500 feet down the north face to his death.