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Awesome solo adventure and one of the best sunrises I’ve ever seen! Weather cooperated, I had the summit to myself for hours, and I got to scramble around the alpine for a while. Felt like a prime day in the Sierra, just 6000mi to the south 🇦🇷

I woke up before 2 and got going around 2:15. Most of the ascent flew by in the darkness with some podcasts on. The trail disappears after a while, turning into a series of cairns and then nothing at all. Most of the ridge was fairly chill walking or class 2 scrambling, but one section near the end required some exposed class 3 sections along the narrow ridge, or a long detour down into the scree and back up. That was slightly spicy in the dark but took it slow and felt pretty comfortable. I made the summit at 5:30.

I put on all my layers at the summit and stood there for more than an hour, from blue hour to sunrise and into the full daylight. It was so beautiful; the Fitz Roy massif is right in front of you, with clear views of Laguna Sucia, Laguna de los Tres, part of Laguna Piedras Blancas, Rio Electrico, and an unnamed lake nearby to the west. Cerro Torre was mostly obscured by clouds, but the ice mushroom popped out above on a couple occasions.

Around 7am I decided to wander down to the unnamed lake below. This involved a long, loose descent (which I’m not sure was worth it in retrospect), but the lake was cool. From there I wandered up to the adjacent ridge to get a closer view of Firz Roy, then down to a little vegetated drainage area. Both super pretty!

The loose scramble back up the ridge was also a pain, although I took a slightly better route on the return. I made it back to the summit around 10am, 4.5hrs after I arrived. The scramble down the knife edge was still spicy (but less so than in the dark), and after that was a pretty chill descent back to town. Got pretty hungry and thirsty on the way down (not a lot of water on the route) so I said hi to Jake then grabbed a sandwich before coming home. Much better after food, water, and a shower! (and hopefully a nap soon too 😴)

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