Pier Giorgio, Patagonia. A group from Buenos Aires, consisting of Eduardo and Jenny Monelos, Peter and Jure Skvarca, Mario Castelazzo, Carlos Porta and Serif Pasic, finally managed to climb often attempted Pier Giorgio (8515 feet). They approached via the Río Eléctrico and Pollone valleys, passing across the glacier between FitzRoy and Pollone. They established Base Camp at the Piedra del Fraile (Friar’s Rock) on the Río Eléctrico on January 5, 1963. High camp was placed under the south wall of Pier Giorgio on January 9. The summit pair, Peter and Jure Skvarca, young Slovenes living in Argentina, began work on January 16, bivouacked on the face, and reached the summit at 7 p.m. on January 17. They had to bivouac again on the descent. The climb was of a superior degree of technical difficulty.

Vojslav Arko, Club Andino Bariloche