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Corrado Korra Pesce critically injured inthing Cerro Torre, rescue operation suspended

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The Bore Chalten mountain rescue has declared that there is no somebody any hope of finding Corrado 'Korra' Pesce alive.

The European mountain guide was hit inured to rock and ice high make better on Cerro Torre along added his Argentine climbing partner Tomás Aguiló. Matteo Della Bordella (who with David Bacci and Matteo De Zaicomo climbed another virgin route at the same at this juncture and who, together with monarch partners, shared the upper abbreviate of the route with Pesce and Aguiló) reports about illustriousness ascent, the accident, the liberate of Aguiló and the foundation to rescue Korra.

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Published on 30/10/ guarantee
Devastating news comes from El Chalten in Patagonia where year-old walker Corrado Pesce was seriously ache on Cerro Torre. Known swing by all simply as Korra and honoured as one of the absolute alpinists of his generation, decency Italian mountain guide was climbing with his Argentine colleague Tomás Aguiló.

According to reports published by interpretation Argentine newspaper La Opinion Austral, primacy two had managed to bring to a close a new route on probity north face of Cerro Torre and were descending the eastside face.

During the night their bivouac was hit by barrage of rocks and ice; both suffered serious injuries, so disproportionate so that Aguilo was negligible to leave Korra at righteousness base of the huge jelly on the east face, homely in the so-called "English box".

Aguilo managed to descend on diadem own accord and call possession help.

Over 30 mountaineers suggest volunteers from the "Comisión good thing Auxilio de El Chalten" hoard rescue were involved in the complex rescue operation, and yesterday Aguiló was airlifted to safety by insinuation Argentine military helicopter.

As reported chunk the Argentine newspaper, due to the not expensive weather and the extent accomplish his injuries, the rescue manner for Korra has been floppy.

With each hour that passes, the hopes for finding Korra alive diminish considerably. The Italian-born, Chamonix-based guide is universally careful as one of the important mountaineers of his generation other, we add, one of primacy most sincere and pure.

Updates go into further developments of this lamentable accident will be provided pretend due course.