Mercedario
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Cerro Mercedario is the highest peak of the Cordillera de la Ramada range and the eighth-highest mountain of the Andes. It is located 100 km to the north of Aconcagua, in the Argentine province of San Juan.
Ascent history
It was first ascended on January 18, 1934, by Adam Karpiński and Wiktor Ostrowski, members of a Polish andinist expedition led by Konstanty Jodko-Narkiewicz.[1][2] The Polish party erected a cairn on the summit.[3]
In 1968, after several attempts by some of the strongest Argentine climbers, a Japanese group led by Saburo Yoshida accomplished the first ascent of the south side. In 1971 an Austrian expedition climbed the north side, led by Fritz Moravec and Othmar Kucera. In 1972, Italians Sergio Job Gino and Antonio Beorchia Nigris climbed the Mercedario through the normal route and discovered some Inca ruins just below the summit. In January 1975 an Italian expedition led by Antonio Mastellaro climbed the east side of the peak. In 1983 a small expedition from Gorizia was able to traverse the south-west ridge, which is considered the most difficult route on the mountain, and one of the last mountaineering issues in the Andes. On January 27 Mauro Collini, Sergio Figel, Mario Tavagnutti and Rudi Vittori reached the top.[4]
Photo gallery
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The mountain seen from the Colorado Valley.
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This mountain is located in El Leoncito National Park.
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Vertical aerial photograph of glaciers on the southeast side of Cerro Mercedario.
See also
References
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- ^ Mercedario on andesargentinos.com.ar Script error: No such module "webarchive". (In Spanish)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marek, Aneta (2016). "Andy jako rejon eksploracji górskiej Polaków do 1989 r." (PDF). Słupskie Prace Geograficzne (in polski). 13: 83–104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Daszynski, S. W. (1934). "A Polish Expedition to the High Andes". The Geographical Journal. 84 (3): 215–223. doi:10.2307/1785755. ISSN 0016-7398. JSTOR 1785755.
- ^ AA.VV. - La Montagna - Grande Enciclopedia Illustrata - Vol. 6 - pagg. 119-120- Istituto Geografico De Agostini - Novara - 1984
