Patagonia: Fitz Roy, Washington Route. By Mikey Schaefer, AAC
Fitz Roy’s south face: (1) California Route (with variations; Chouinard-Dorworth-Tejada Flores-Jones-Tomp- kins, 1968). (2) Washington Route (Rutherford-Schaefer, 2011). (3) Canadian Route (McSorley-Walsh, 2005). (4) Boris Simoncic (Biscak-Fadjan-Lenarcic, 1985). (5) Anglo-American (Anthonie-Birch-Derby-Lee-Nicol- Wade, 1972). Dots and dashes represent hidden portions. Mikey Schaefer
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Fitz Roy, Washington Route.
By Mikey Schaefer, AAC
Like so many good missions in Patagonia, it started with the painful task of changing our plane tickets. A possible good weather window was coming, so it was go-big-or-go-home time. A day and a thousand bucks later we were committed to trying a new route on Fitz Roy.
On the morning of February 8, 2011, Kate Rutherford and I packed up, caught a taxi to the trailhead, and made the pleasant five-hour walk to Piedra Negras. In a light rain...
