- Aguja Saint Exupery
Infobox Mountain
Name = Aguja Saint Exupery
Photo = Aguja Saint Exupery.jpg
Caption = Aguja Saint Exupery, in the middle between Aguja de la S (L) and Aguja Rafael Juarez (R), Jan 20, 2001
Elevation = convert|2558|m|ft|0
Location =Patagonia ARG
Range =Andes
Prominence =
Coordinates = coord|49|17|18.5|S|73|02|17.7|W|type:mountain_region:AR
Topographic
Type = granite
Age =
First ascent = 1968 by Silvia Metzeltin, Gino Buscaini, Lino Condot, Walter Romano & Silvano Sinigoi (Italy)
Easiest route = rock/snow/ice
Listing =
Translation =
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Pronunciation =The Aguja Saint Exupery is a
mountain spear ('aguja') located near theCerro Chaltén in theLos Glaciares National Park inPatagonia ,Argentina .The mountain is named in memory of
Antoine de Saint Exupéry , the Frenchwriter andaviator who was director of the Aeroposta Argentina Company and pioneered postal flights in the Patagonia region between 1929 and 1931.The Aguja Saint Exupery is not as impressive as its taller neighbors Cerro Chaltén and the striking
Cerro Torre , but due to the length of itsclimbing route s and the extreme weather conditions of the southernAndes , it shares the same big wall reputation as most Patagonian peaks. The Aguja Saint Exupery was first climbed in February 23, 1968 by Silvia Metzeltin, Gino Buscaini, Lino Condot, Walter Romano & Silvano Sinigo, an Italian team of climbers who opened a convert|800|m|ft|0 route on its East Pillar.References
*Kearney, Alan, 1993. "Mountaineering in Patagonia". Seattle USA: Cloudcap.
External links
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/349858/agujas-st-exupery-raphael-de-la-s-patagonia-.html Aguja Saint Exupery at SummitPost Climbing Site]
* [http://www.climbandmore.com/climbing,378,0,1,mountains.html Aguja Saint Exupery at Climb and More]
* [http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=1834 Aguja Saint Exupery at Peakware]
* [http://www.expe.com/montagne/ams/patagonie/exupery/index.htm Expe Climbing Site (French)]
* [http://www.climbinginpatagonia.freeservers.com/F4_Juarez_Rojo.htm#exupery Climbing Site (Spanish)]
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