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==Notable ascents and attempts== [[File:Cerro Torre (east face) and Laguna Torre.JPG|thumb|Cerro Torre (east face), Torre glacier and [[Laguna Torre]], 2010]] * 1959 β Cesare Maestri (Italy) and Toni Egger (Austria) - Unsuccessful attempt of North Face. Egger died. * 1970 β Maestri ''et al.'' (Italy), Compressor route to 60 meters below summit.<ref name="pataclimb">{{cite web|title=Cerro Torre - South east ridge|url=http://www.pataclimb.com/climbingareas/chalten/torregroup/torre/SEridge.html|website=PataClimb.com|access-date=6 April 2017|date=18 February 2016}}</ref> * 1973 β Keven Carroll (AUS) and Steven McAndrews (USA) West Face 5th ascent. Died on descent from rock fall. Earlier seen on summit ridge. * 1974 β Daniele Chiappa, Mario Conti, Casimiro Ferrari and Pino Negri (Italy). First undisputed ascent. * 1977 β Dave Carman, John Bragg and Jay Wilson (USA). First Alpine-style ascent.<ref name="alpinist_16" /> * 1979 β [[Jim Bridwell]] and Steve Brewer complete climb of Compressor Route. * 1981 - Tom Proctor and Phil Burke (England). Diedre, East Face to North Face and retreat below cornices. * 1985 July 3β8 First winter ascent by Paolo Caruso, Maurizio Giarolli and Ermanno Salvaterra (Italy).<ref name="pataclimb"/> * 1985 November 26 ''Compressor route'' - first solo by Marco Pedrini (Swiss).<ref>[[American Alpine Journal]] 1986, pp. 205, and 1987, pp. 103β108</ref> Filmed by Fulvio Mariani: ''Cerro Torre Cumbre''. * 2004 ''Five Years to Paradise'' (ED:VI 5.10b A2 95 deg, 1000 m) (right center on East Face): [[Ermanno Salvaterra]], Alessandro Beltrami, and Giacomo Rossetti (all from Italy).<ref name="alpinist_10"/> * 2006 January 22 β Krzysztof Belczynski and Marcin Tomaszewski made 2nd or 3rd ascent of "Compressor" route up to the summit in alpine style, 33 hours round trip from Norwegian shelter * 2008 February 25 β [[Valery Rozov]] makes the first [[Wingsuit flying|wingsuit BASE jump]] from Cerro Torre.<ref>{{cite web |title=BASE Jump From Cerro Torre |url=https://www.climbing.com/news/base-jump-from-cerro-torre/ |date=2008-03-03 |publisher=Climbing.com |access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> * 2012 January 16 β First 'fair means' ascent of the Southeast Ridge (5.11 A2), without using any of Cesare Maestri's bolts on the Compressor Route, by Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk.<ref name="alpinist"/> * 2012 January 19 β First free ascent of the Southeast Ridge by a new variation, also without using any of Cesare Maestri's bolts on the Compressor Route, by [[David Lama]]; Lama and Ortner. * 2013 February β First free solo of Cerro Torre by Austrian alpinist Markus Pucher.<ref name=rockice2013/> * 2015 February 21 β [[Marc-AndrΓ© Leclerc]], 22, soloed the 4,000-foot Corkscrew route (5.10d, A1) on Cerro Torreβthe hardest route ever soloed on the granite towerβin a single day. * 2020 February 7 β First climb and fly from the summit of Cerro Torre by German alpinist and paraglider Fabian Buhl.<ref name=rockice2020/>
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