bolts on the Compressor Route, by David Lama; Lama and Ortner. 2013 February – First free solo of Cerro Torre by Austrian alpinist Markus Pucher. 2015 February 21 — Marc-André Leclerc, 22, soloed the 4,000-foot Corkscrew route (5.10d, A1) on Cerro Torre—the hardest route ever soloed on the granite tower—in a single day. 2020 February 7 – First climb and fly from the summit of Cerro Torre by German alpinist and paraglider Fabian Buhl. In popular culture Cerro Torre was featured in the 1991 film Scream of Stone, directed by Werner Herzog and starring Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Hans Kammerlander, and Donald Sutherland. Jon Krakauer, aside from the detailed recounting of the climb of the mountain in his book Eiger Dreams, mentions it briefly in Into Thin Air as one of his earlier difficult ascents (1992): "I'd scaled a frightening, mile-high spike of vertical and overhanging granite called Cerro Torre; buffeted by hundred-knot winds, plastered with frangible atmospheric rime, it was once (though no longer) thought to be the world's hardest mountain". In March 2014, an adventure documentary was released following the "first ever free ascent" of Cerro Torre, featuring David Lama. Cerro Torre - A Snowball's Chance in Hell premiered at San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2013. References External links Andeshandbook: complete description, history, place name and routes of Cerro Torre Map of Cerro Torre Cerro Torre on SummitPost.org The Guardian (UK) article on Cesare Maestri and the controversy regarding the first ascent AAJ 2004 article "A Mountain Unveiled: A revealing analysis of Cerro Torre's tallest tale" by Rolando Garibotti in pdf format Maestri article, National Geographic Argentines on cerro Torre Cuadernos Patagónicos - 3. The Cerro Torre Landforms of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Mountains of Argentina Mountains of Chile Mountains of Magallanes Region Última Esperanza Province