- Idilesi: umda weChile neArgentina;
- Ubukhulu ngaphezu kwezinga elwandle: 3,128 m;
- Ukuphumelela: 1 227 m;
- Uhlobo lweentaba: ii- Andes;
- Ukunyuka kokuqala: 1959 (Cesare Maestri noTony Egger).
Engxenyeni esenyakatho ye-National Park Los Glaciares, emngceleni weChile kunye neArgentina yintaba yeentaba eziphakamileyo zePatagonia . Omnye wabo, iNtaba iCroro Torre (ukuphakama kwe-3128 m), ithathwa njengowona unzima kunobungozi ekukhuphukeni kweentsika zehlabathi.
Ibali lokunqoba uCroro Torre
Ngowe-1952, iintaba zaseFransi uLionel Terrai noGuido Magnioni kwingxelo yabo malunga nokunyuka kwintlanganiso kaFitzroy bachaza intaba eselungileyo-ifomu elihle, elisekuqaleni kwentsalane, elincomekileyo. Intaba engenakufikeleleka yayibizwa ngokuthi yiCroro Torre (ukusuka kwi "serro" - intaba kunye ne "Torre" - inqaba) kwaye yaba yiphupha labaninzi abakhwelayo. Imithambeka engama-1500 m, imozulu engalindelekanga kunye nemimoya eqhutyelwayo, i-Patagonia, yenza iphupha ngokukhethekileyo. Isilingo sokuqala sokunyuka kwiCroro Torre senziwa ngamaTaliyane uWalter Bonatti noCarlo Mauri ngo-1958. Kuphela ukuphela kweemitha ezingama-550 ukuya kwintlanganiso xa isithintelo esingenakunqandeka kwiintonga kunye neqhwa kubonakala endleleni. Omnye u-Italy ohamba phambili, uCesare Maestri, wathi ufikelele phezulu kunye ne-Austrian ekhokela uTony Egger ngowe-1959, kodwa ubuhlungu obubi buphela: umqhubi walahleka, kwaye ikhamera yalahleka kwaye uMaestri wayengenakubonisa ubungqina bakhe. Ngowe-1970, wenza enye inzame yokunyuka, ngeli xesha wayesebenzisa i-compressor kwaye wanyunyuza eludongeni ama-hook angama-300. Esi senzo sabangela iingcamango ezintle phakathi kwabagibeli; Abanye babo bakholelwa ukuba ukunqoba kwentaba kwintaba ayikwazi ukugqiba xa esebenzisa izilungiso ezinjalo. Uvulindlela oseburhulumenteni nguhambo lwesiNtaliyane uCasimro Ferrari, owanyuka eCroro Torre ngowe-1974.
Yintoni ongayibona kwiCroro Torre?
Uhambo oluya kwiintsika zeFitzroy kunye neCroro Torre luquka ukuhlolwa kweLwandle lwaseTorre, apho ugu lwamanxweme lunikeza umbono ophezulu kakhulu weentaba. Kusondele kufuphi nelibi kukho icebo elikhulu. Ininzi yexesha, intaba yentaba ihlanganiswe ngamafu, kodwa kwimozulu ecacileyo elangeni libukeka limangalisayo. Kubakhenkethi abaneentente ezikufutshane naseCroro Torre zikhululekile zenkampu zamahhala zihleliwe.
Ndingafika njani?
Indlela eya ePatagonia iqala ukusuka eSantiago okanye eBuenos Aires kwaye ixhomekeke kwinqununu yesithili sase-Argentina saseSanta Cruz , idolophu yase-El Kafalate. Yonke imihla, iibhasi ezihleliweyo ziya kwidolophana yase-El Chalten, esecaleni kweCroro Torre.