Cerro A cay (5,716m ), Como llegar a R ozarte el A lm a. In su m m e r C erro Acay, southeast of San Antonio de los Cobres, in the province of Salta, is generally a barren rou n d e d hill, which was first su m m ited by the Incas for religious purposes. However, on F ebruary 13 Gustavo G o n z á lez an d friend, re s id e n ts of Salta, clim be d th e th e n sno w co vered so u th ridge to 5,500m, at w hich p o in t G o n z ález d escend ed from the ridge for 50m and reached a 200m couloir, which he climbed over ice and mixed terrain (reportedly up to 80°), th en a little rock wall, to regain the ridge. He quickly reached the sum m it and rejoined his friend. He named the route Como llegar a Rozarte el Alma. The two got lost in a snow storm during the descent and, once the sun came out, h ad to re-ascend 500m to the sum m it, before finally coming down easier terrain. M a r c e l o Sc a n u ,

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