Cerro Torre - Notable Ascents and Attempts

Notable Ascents and Attempts

  • 1959 Cesare Maestri and Toni Egger (IT) - disputed ascent of West Face. Egger died.
  • 1970 Maestri et al. (IT), Compressor route to 60 meters below summit.
  • 1974 Daniele Chiappa, Mario Conti, Casimiro Ferrari and Pino Negri (IT). First Undisputed Ascent.
  • 1977 Dave Carman, John Bragg and Jay Wilson of the USA. First Alpine-style ascent.
  • 1979 Jim Bridwell and Steve Brewer complete climb of Compressor Route.
  • 1985 July 3–8 First Winter Ascent by Paolo Caruso, Maurizio Giarolli and Ermanno Salvaterra (IT),
  • 1985 November 26 Compressor route - first solo by Marco Pedrini (Swiss). Filmed by Fulvio Mariani: Cerro Torre Cumbre.
  • 2004 Five Years to Paradise (ED:VI 5.10b A2 95deg, 1000m) (right center on East Face): Ermanno Salvaterra, Alessandro Beltrami, and Giacomo Rossetti (all from Italy).
  • 2012 January 16 First ascent of Compressor Route without using any of Cesare Maestri's bolts except at the anchors, by Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk.
  • 2012 January 19, First free ascent of Compressor Route, by David Lama; new variant Lama and Ortner (2012).

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