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• Second Ascent On Central Tower Of Paine
  February 2010 - Chile » Torres del Paine

  AAC member and Mountain Fellowship recipient Walker Mackey reports on his alpine-style ascent of the Kearney-Knight Route (850m, 5.10 A3) on the Central Tower of Paine in February 2010, possibly only the second ascent of this route. Mackey has now climbed all three of the Torres del Paine.

  I had reached the point where I no longer cared about climbing the Central Tower. My motivation was gone, and I was thinking I would change my ticket ...

• New Routes In The Valle De Paloma
  February 2009 - Chile » Valle de Cochamo

  In January and February 2009, 24-year-old Sevve Stember, recipient of an AAC Mountain Fellowship, traveled to Chile with a team of young American partners and established a number of new routes in the previously untouched Valle de Paloma. Click the PDF link above to read his first-person report on the trip.