Markus Pucher makes first ascent of Marconi Sur West Face in Patagonia


Markus Pucher makes first ascent of Marconi Sur West Face in Patagonia

On 16/04/2015 Austrian alpinist Markus Pucher made the first ascent of the West Face of Marconi Sur in Patagonia via his new route Into the Wild. Pucher’s climb is only the second ascent of this mountain, after the first solo via the East Face carried out in 1995 by Antonio Taglialegne.

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Source: planetmountain.com

IMAGE: Into the Wild (800m, M5) on the West Face of Cerro Marconi Sur, Patagonia climbed on 16/04/2015 by Markus Pucher.

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