South America, Chile, Central Chile

Publication Year: 1962.

Central Chile. A German expedition of the Alpine Arbeitsgemeinschaft made the first ascent of Cerro Punta Hoff (16,520 feet) in the Alto de Yeso region on the Argentine frontier early in 1962. The Germans, Percy Stulz and Fritz Uhlig, and the Chilean, Rubén Lamillas, reached the summit. An expedition of the Asociación de Sky y Andinismo de Valparaíso y Aconcagua made the first ascent of Cerro ASAE (14,436 feet) in the Cajón de Cipreses.