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Torre Egger 2005
The goal was to climb Torre Egger, 2685 meters, the ‚little brother' of Cerro Torre.
While the mythic Cerro Torre has no less than 300 ascents - mostly via the infamous
'Compressor-Route' - the summit of Torre Egger has not seen more than 5 teams on its top.
First climbed in 1976 by the Americans Jim Donini, John Bragg and Jay Wilson Torre
Egger is the most difficult along the wild mountains of Patagonia.
At the beginning of the trip, the Swiss Stephan Siegrist and Thomas had no luck with
the weather. Then, when they finally had their day of good weather, they climbed Punta
Herron - but due to the warm conditions it was too dangerous to continue to the summit
of Torre Egger. Finally, Stephan had to go back home and Thomas found with the Swiss
Andi Scharf a new partner for his new project and in mid February the weather became
good at last.
Dean Potter and Steph Davis climbed Torre Egger on the 18th of February, the sixth ascent
of that magnificent peak. On the same time on their way: Thomas and Andi with their project
to make traverse 'Standhardt-Herron-Egger'.
First they climbed Torre Standhardt via the route 'Timmy y Nathan'(5.11b, 750 meter). After
a short rest they rappeled to "Col de los Suenos" and continued to climb "Piccolo dei Bimbi"
(5.10b, 300 meter). Somewhat midnight the two reached the summit of Punta Herron and soon
after the 'Col de la Luz'. After a short but cold bivouac they climbed "Especho del Vento"
(5.10d, 200 Meter) (Huber-Scharf) and the seventh ascent of Torre Egger went to Andi and
Thomas!!! After that awaited them a long rappel to come back to safety...
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