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This is a close companion to N.18526.
Here we are a bit lower down, but in exchange we have a 360° view of the secluded valley in which De Agostini found out the ascent route to the San Lorenzo.
The 3706 m summit is in clouds. Visible is only the 1900 m Paso del Comedor, "the pass where you eat", the equivalent of the classical Frühstückplatz on an Alpine normal route. The difference with the Alps may be that while, say, on the Finsteraarhorn from the Platz to the Hugisattel and then to the summit you may need 2-3 hours, here to the summit you need at least 1-2 whole days, Patagonian storms permitting!
Larger: www.panoramio.com/photo/131079453
GPS track: www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=13611426
Hans-Jürgen Bayer, Daniel Buehler, Hans-Jörg Bäuerle, Friedemann Dittrich, Gerhard Eidenberger, Johann Ilmberger, Thomas Janeck, Martin Kraus, Wilfried Malz, Giuseppe Marzulli, Jan Lindgaard Rasmussen, Danko Rihter, Patrick Runggaldier, Werner Schelberger, Björn Sothmann, Markus Ulmer, Jens Vischer
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Cheers, Hans-Jörg
Namely, De Agostini was on the San Lorenzo with two Swiss guides, Hemmi and Schmoll, and for me Finsteraarhorn is the Swiss mountain "par excellence". In spite of the fact that, on the summit, I took a picture of my friend holding a bar of Italian "Novi" chocolate. Just to know, the well-known advertisement for Novi sounds: "Swiss? No, Novi".
For the sake of information. On the summit of the San Lorenzo, De Agostini, Hemmi and Schmoll did not unpack Novi chocolate, but:
- A little statue of Maria Auxiliadora;
- an Argentinian flag;
- the flag of CAB, Club Alpino Bariloche, the Argentinian town where Schmoll lived;
- an Italian flag.
De Agostini remarks:
"The noble Argentinian flag seems to melt its white and turquoise colors in admirable harmony with the whiteness of the snows and with the blue of the sky"
(Andes Patagónicos, II, 17-12-1943)
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