Aguja Poincenot
Aguja Poincenot is a mountain in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
Description
Aguja Poincenot, also known as Cerro Poincenot, is a summit in the Andes. The peak is located one kilometer south of Fitz Roy and 12 kilometers northwest of El Chaltén, in Los Glaciares National Park of Patagonia. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains to Viedma Lake. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,100 meters above Laguna Sucia in two kilometers, and 2,030 meters above the Torre Glacier in two kilometers. The first ascent of the summit was made on January 31, 1962, by Don Whillans and Frank Cochrane via the east face and southeast ridge. The toponym, which translates as Poincenot Needle, was applied by Louis Lliboutry in 1952 to honor French mountaineer Jacques Poincenot who drowned in the Fitz Roy River while approaching Fitz Roy as a member of the first ascent expedition. The nearest higher peak is Fitz Roy, 1.06 kilometers to the north.Climbing history
Established climbing routes with first ascents:- East face – 1962 – Don Whillans, Frank CochraneFonrouge-Rosasco – 1968 – José Luis Fonrouge, Alfredo RosascoCarrington-Rouse – 1977 – Rab Carrington, Alan Rouse40º Gruppo Ragni – 1986 – Paolo Vitali, Mario Panzeri, Marco Della Santa, Daniele BosisioNeverending Story – 1987 – Fernado Cobo, Máximo MurciaJudgment Day – 1992 – Jay Smith, Steve GerberdingWhisky Time – 1994 – Beat Eggler, Michal PitelkaBagual Bigwall – 1995 – Makoto Ishibe, Alexandre Portela, Mike Schwitter, Andy MaggThe Old Smuggler's Route – 1996 – Jim Donini, Gregory CrouchPotter-Davis – 2001 – Stephanie Davis, Dean PotterSouthern Cross – 2002 – Jonathan Copp, Dylan TaylorBransby-Tresch – 2004 – Ben Bransby, Jvan TreschSperone degli Italiani – 2005 – Silvo Karo, Andrej GrmovšekThe Sacrifice of the Mouse – 2006 – Dave Sharratt, Freddie WilkinsonDNV Direct – 2008 – Jason Kruk, Will StanhopeBanana Wall – 2008 – Sacha Friedlin, Frédéric MaltaisFühle Dich stark, aber nicht unsterblich – 2009 – Simon Gietl, Roger SchaeliTango Viejo – 2010 – Erich Gatt, Stephan GattDesperate Patagonians – 2010 – Oriol Baro, Ramiro CalvoBenedetti-DeGregori – 2010 – Nicolás Benedetti, Esteban De GregoriRise of the Machines – 2011 – Jens Holsten, Joel Kauffman, Mikey SchaeferVia Russo – 2012 – Sergey Dashkevich, Mikhail Devi, Evgeniy Dmitrienko, Arkadiy SeregiJohn Henry – 2015 – Crystal Davis-Robbins, Jonathan SchafferInvisible Line – 2015 – Michal Brunner, Jindrich HudecekThe Power of Independent Trucking – 2023 – Mateo Esposito, Ripley BouliannePot – 2024 – Luka Lindič, Luka Krajnc