Cerro Bonete Chico and Pilar de las Pailas, Northern Andes. Remote Bonete Chico (unofficial name) in Catamarca Province was ascended for the third time. Seven members of the Club Andino La Rioja approached via the Río de Oro and placed a high camp at 17,000 feet, from which Gustavo Planes and Enrique Steenhus reached the summit at the end of March 1987. There have been widely differing altitudes given for the mountain: from 6395 to 6870 meters (20,980 to 22,540 feet). Previous ascents were by the 1973 Cicchitti and the 1986 Reinhard expeditions. Pilar de las Pailas (5900 meters, 19,357 feet by altimeter) was ascended for the first time on April 18, 1988 by T. Dragone, F. Elpezza, A. Hernández, V. Juárez, G. Lissi, L. Moya, E. Turú and C. Vitry. The peak is west of the Nevado de Cachi.

Guillermo Raynie, Club Andino Mercedario, Argentina