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| | SummitPost - Fitzroy -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering |
 | | Fitzroy (also known as Cerro Fitzroy, Cerro Chaltel, Chaltén, and Monte Fitz Roy, 3,375 meters / 11,073 feet) is the highest spire in a compact range of granite (granodiorite) peaks in Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, in Argentine Patagonia. |
 | | Fitzroy was first climbed by the Southeast Ridge (today also known as the Franco-Argentine ridge) on February 2, 1952 by Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, members of a French expedition. |
 | | Fitzroy has been climbed several times during the southern winter, with the first winter ascent on the peak put up in July 1986 by Eduardo Brenner, Sebastian de la Cruz and Gabriel Ruiz on the Supercanelata. |
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