The fitz roy, located in the eastern part of the South Patagonian ice field, on the border between Argentina and Chile, province of Santa Cruz, has an altitude of 3,405 meters and is known as the National Capital of Trekking (excursion on foot, generally in high mountains). On this mountain, two Spanish climbers were swept away by an avalanche on Thursday and after 48 hours they were presumed dead.
The two Spaniards fell into a crack 100 meters long, 5 wide and 15 deep after an avalanche at the foot of Cerro fitz roy will drag them According to the Aid Commission for El Chalten (CAX), The people in question are not missing, but “they have been buried in a crevice for 48 hours and we consider that the search for their bodies exposes our volunteer rescuers to very high risks, for which the CAX of El Chaltén ends the search.” .
Climbers who are considered deceased in fitz roy They were identified as Iker Bilbao, 29 years old, from Vizcaya, Spain, and Amaia Agirre, 31, from Urnieta, in the same country. The authorities were alerted by Josu Linaza, a 31-year-old belonging to Igorre, who did manage to descend the Closed by their own means after the avalanche. Despite Linseed’s efforts, he failed to even spot his companions.
The climber Bilbao worked as a firefighter in the Llodio park (Álava) while Agirre was a doctor for the Spanish Federation of Mountain and Climbing Sports (Fedme). The CAX reported that “the ropes that were still descending the same route from Cerro fitz roy to observe in the crack where the two Basque climbers were dragged and buried, in case there was any sign of life”.
River flood flooded a path
The climate and terrain in the areas surrounding the fitz roy They show first-hand the dangers of this mountain, considered extremely dangerous by mountaineering specialists. One of the variations that occurred Today, it was the rise of the Río Eléctrico that caused the trail to Poincenot to be closed.
From National Parks they remember that the shortest and most signposted path to access the mentioned destination and also to Laguna Capri and Laguna de los Tres is the traditional path fitz roywhich has its head at the end of the town of El Chaltén.
