American Women Fire Fitz Roy
For Kate Rutherford and Madaleine Sorkin, a women’s place is on top. During the recent splitter weather in Patagonia, this dynamic team of American alpinists climbed Fitz Roy for the massif’s fourth all female ascent.
For Kate Rutherford and Madaleine Sorkin, a women’s place is on top. During the recent splitter weather in Patagonia, this dynamic team of American alpinists climbed Fitz Roy for the massif’s fourth all-female ascent on January 16. Climbing the route Mate, y Porro y Todo lo Demas on the North Pillar, Sorkin and Rutherford endured three nights on the wall during their ascent, which is also the first female ascent of Fitz Roy via the North Pillar.
Kate Rutherford ” src=”https://d1vs4ggwgd7mlq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/Article-Images/News-Photos/Mads-FitzRoy.jpg” />Sorkin and Rutherford climbed behind fellow Americans Colin Haley and Sarah Hart, and decided to take the Gringos Perditos variation near the top of the route “to avoid rock fall and congestion.” The pair spent one night at the top of the eighth pitch, another on top of the Pillar, and a third night on a tiny ledge during their rappels down the Franko Argentine.