The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre

The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre

Kelly Cordes
The complete history of Cerro Torre — the most disputed summit claim in mountaineering. Did Maestri reach the top in 1959? Cordes investigates the evidence, the personalities, and the obsession that has consumed climbers for sixty years.
Mountains & Climbing History South America
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Publisher Patagonia
Published 2014
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