Second Ascent of Marc-André’s Visión on Torre Egger in Patagonia
The climb was named in honour of Marc-André Leclerc by the first ascent team, which included Brette Harrington
On Patagonia’s Torre Egger, Roberto Jose Morales, Felipe Guarderas and Nicolas Navarrete have made the second ascent of Marc-André’s Visión. About it, Morales, who’s a highly accomplished alpinist, said it’s “one of the most epic climbs I have ever done in my life.”
The route, which climbs up the east pillar, was first climbed in 2020 by Brette Harrington, Quentin Roberts and Horacio Gratton. It’s named after Marc-André Leclerc, who died in a climbing accident in Alaska in the spring of 2018 with partner Ryan Johnson.
“Marc spotted this unclimbed line on the east face of Torre Egger in 2016, while rappelling from the route Titanic,” said Harrington. “He sent me photos of the supposed line and we talked about returning in the following years to try it together. Marc passed away while climbing in Alaska in 2018, and at first I wondered if his vision for this line would slip away with him. I scrolled back to our conversations from 2016 and learned all that i could about the line.”
Harrington and Roberts had made an earlier attempt before the FA. “In 2019 we succeeded in finding the way up the lower face, and managed to free the pitches at 12b,” said Harrington. “However, a backpack strap broke while hauling our bags, and my mountain boots fell off the mountain. Due to poor weather we couldn’t return until the next season. In 2020 we invited a friend Horacio Gratton to join us. We decided that a team of three was a safer decision incase anything went wrong. It was a very cold and wet season, so we had to adjust some of our plans. We climbed to the summit via our 2019 line up the lower face, and linked it into the upper line of Titanic to the top.”
First Ascent
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