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Mountaineering’s Greatest Climb Unravels
- japhyr 12y agoI've been aware of the controversy around Cesare Maestri's claimed 1959 ascent of Cerro Torre for most of my life. Even as an amateur climber, this story has a dark feel to it - it's not fun thinking about people lying about something that's such a pure pursuit for so many people. Some clarity around this story would be really good to have. It's inspiring to think of someone knowing a remote area so well that they can precisely identify a small portion of a particular cliff face which has seen relatively little visitation. Rolando Garibotti's mental work in reconstructing what really happened on Maestri's 1959 expedition is fascinating and inspiring. You might be interested in reading the original account by Garibotti, rather than the NYT writeup: http://pataclimb.com/knowledge/puzzle.html http://pataclimb.com/knowledge/puzzle.html