Aleta del Tiburón, La Hoja, La Máscara and Other Peaks, Paine Group. Our joint expedition from the Universities of Grenoble and Santiago consisted of nine Frenchmen and seven Chileans. Our achievements were greater than our expectations. Patagonian weather has a bad reputation, but we were able to climb on part of most days. We made eight ascents and everyone made at least one ascent. We made the following climbs: Aleta del Tiburón (1800 meters, 5906 feet)* first ascent of the south ridge by Gilbert Banneville, Miguel Ignat and Denis Rvaine (French) on January 2; by west face (normal route) by Eduardo Párvex and Nelson Rivera (Chileans) on January 9; Punta Catalina (2100 meters, 6890 feet; west of Cabeza del Indio) first ascent of peak by west ridge by Gastón Oyarzún, Iván Ybaceta and Patricio Keller (Chileans) on January 2; Cuerno Principal del Paine (2600 meters, 8530 feet) by Rivera, Francisco Medina, Párvex and Iván Vigouroux (Chileans; see separate account below) on January 1 and 2; la Hoja (2200 meters, 7218 feet) first ascent of west face and south ridge (TD + ) by Didier Boyrie, Denis Charron, Jacques Comparât, Jean Pilon and Alain Rebreyrend (French) on January 1, 2 and 5 (the climbers descended each night and had a two-day delay.); Punta Quirquincho (1800 meters, 5906 feet; north of Catedral) first ascent of peak by east couloir and north ridge by Ignat, Banneville and Ravaine on January 5; la Mâscara (2300 meters, 7546 feet) second ascent of south face (ED+ with 1650 feet of artificial aid) by Boyrie, Charron, Comparât, Pilon and Rebreyrend on January 7 to 10; "Pointe des Eboulis” (1750 meters, 5742 feet; peak just east of la Espada) first ascent of the north face on January 10.

Jacques ComparAt, Club Alpin Français

* The editors feel that these altitudes may be inexact. The altitudes here are those given by the French. There are no official altitudes to our knowledge for most of them. Cuerno Principal del Paine has been given officially as only 2110 meters or 6922 feet.