Corrado pesci biography of albert

Italian climber and mountain guide Corrado “Korra” Pesce has died following an accident in Patagonia. His body remains, for the time being, on Cerro Torre. He was 41 years old.

Pesce and his partner Tomás Aguiló were one of two teams that had opened new climbs up the east face of Cerro Torre.

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The other included Matteo Della Bordella, David Bacci and Matteo De Zaicomo. The five climbers shared the upper pitches of their new routes and reached the summit together.

At the summit, they both stuck to their own descent plans: Pesce and Aguiló wanted to descend the north face at night to avoid daytime hazards, and Della Bordella&#;s team hoped to descend the southeast ridge via the old Compressor Route.

At some point during their descent, a rime ice mushroom collapsed and struck Pesce and Aguiló with tons of rock, ice and snow.

By the time Della Bordella&#;s team had descended, a team was on their way up to recover Aguiló who had managed to call a rescue.

Della Bordella wrote a detailed