La nouvelle vient de tomber, l’alpiniste américain Chad Kellogg, peut-être plus connu pour ses tentatives de record de vitesse sur l’Everest sans oxygène ces 3 dernières années, est décédé d’une chute de pierre dans la descente de Cerro Fitzroy, en Argentine.
Plus d’information de Rolando Garibotti :
Over two days Chad Kellogg and Jens Holsten climbed the Afanassieff Route on the NW ridge of Cerro Fitz Roy in southern Patagonia, reaching the summit in the late afternoon of February 14th. They then started the long descent via the Supercanaleta. While pulling down their ropes, on the third rappel down, one of them got stuck. As they pulled to retrieve it the rope dislodged a block which hit Chad. He died instantly. It was 9PM. Jens continued the descent alone through the night, reaching the base early in the morning to then continue to El Chalten, the nearest town. Because of the complexities of the location a body recovery will not be attempted.