Argentina

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Morro Von Rosen (5,450m), Guanuqueando. M artin Altamirano and M artin Castillo visited the C hani G roup in n o rth e rn Salta du ring March 2010. They first climbed several short rock routes and an icefall, then on the 27th put up a new rock route on Morro Von Rosen, which they named Guanuqueando. The route began at 4,700m and finished at 5,400m, after 14 pitches up to 6a. The ascent took six hours and involved sections of vertical rock.

T he C han i G roup (h ig h es t su m m it General Belgrano, 5,949m) is the only region of relatively com pact g ran ite in n o rth e rnArgentina. The Pou brothers, from Spain, climbed new routes here in 2009 (AAJ 2010).

M a r c e l o S c a n u , Argentina