Riders on the Storm, Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Nico Favresse, Siebe Vanhee, Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll, Drew Smith
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The topo of 'Riders on the Storm' on the Central Tower of Torres del Paine, Patagonia, first climbed in 1991 by the Germans Norbert Bätz, Peter Dittrich, Bernd Arnold, Wolfgang Güllich and Kurt Albert, it was finally climbed free in 2024 by Nico Favresse, Siebe Vanhee, Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll and Drew Smith
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