Climbers Spent 30 Days in Snow Caves to Summit Fitz Roy

Climbers Spent 30 Days in Snow Caves to Summit Fitz Roy

In 1968 five friends, Yvon Chouinard, Doug Tompkins, Lito Tejada-Flores, Dick Dorworth and Chris Jones, drove a 1965 Ford Econoline van from California to Patagonia where they made the third ascent of Fitz Roy. The trip took nearly six months, with two of them on Fitz Roy, and 30 days spent in two different ice caves on the mountain. At one point they spent 15 consecutive days living in the highest one. The Patagonia winds made movement impossib…