Ausangate, Northwest Face Attempt, Cordillera Vilcanota, 1982. On pages 206 and 208 of A.A.J., 1984, an ascent of Ausangate’s northwest face was described. A photograph of the route appears on page 207. In Lo Scarpone of July 1, 1984, an account appears of a previous attempt made on August 9, 1982 by Fausto De Stefani, Luigi Mignocchi and Carlo Santus. They reported that this route, entirely on ice, had two 25-foot overhangs at 17,400 feet. The face averaged 65° to 70°. They reached the top of the face but did not climb the final 900 feet to the summit.