evidence: Jutting a distinguished 3,375 metres into the Patagonian sky, Monte Fitz Roy is one of the regions true icons. Tamed for the first time in 1952 by the French duo of Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Fitz Roy still stands tall as an exciting test for climbers and mountaineers. Whether from the logo on their Patagucci keks or from its place in mountaineering folklore, anyone who calls themselves an out-doors-person is familiar with this artistically sculpted lump of rock. Fitz Roy may be relatively small in stature but it’s a behemoth within the confines of alpinism and a super model in the eyes landscape photographers. [...] After a few days my old motto ‘the weather could get worse but will always get better‘ proved itself and our deranged slip from social respectability hit the buffers of a sunny spell of calm weather. Tents were packed and routes chosen as we escaped town and spread ourselves about the northern corner of Los Glaciares National Park. Meeting up in the evenings to camp it became clear we’d all been seduced by the charms of Monte Fitz Roy. A mountain of many moods and faces, it is a peak that’ll be hard to forget. Here are just a handful of the images I have ingrained on my mind from this fun time…