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15.03.2013

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Torres del Paine, Patagonia

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Merlin Didier, Stephane Hanssens and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll and the routes they freed: on the left the East face of Cerro Cota 2000 (500m, 7c+), on the right the East Face of Cerro Catedral (1000m, 7c+).

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Merlin Didier, Stephane Hanssens and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll and the routes they freed: on the left the East face of Cerro Cota 2000 (500m, 7c+), on the right the East Face of Cerro Catedral (1000m, 7c+)., Villanueva archive

Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Merlin Didier, Stephane Hanssens and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll and the routes they freed: on the left the East face of Cerro Cota 2000 (500m, 7c+), on the right the East Face of Cerro Catedral (1000m, 7c+). - © Villanueva archive

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15.03.2013 by Planetmountain

Villanueva, Didier and Hanssens free climbs in Patagonia's Torres del Paine

In Patagonia the Belgian alpinists Stephane Hanssens, Merlin Didier and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll made the first free ascents of the East Face of Cerro Catedral (1000 m, 7c+) and the East Face of Cerro Cota 2000 (500m, 7c+) while on Fitz Roy they climbed 900m of virgin ground up the NW Face. An "absolutely amazing adventure" as Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll recounts.

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