Leigh McGinley (with Mick Pointon). October-December 2001

The original intention of this team was to put up a new bolt-free route on Cerro Torre, 3128m, starting on the SE Pillar (Compressor Route) then traversing onto the W Face in the vicinity of the Helmet. However, when they arrived in the Park, the summit mushrooms were continually collapsing as a result of three weeks of good weather, so they turned their attention to Torre Egger, 2673m, instead. After a great deal of effort, a snow cave was established at the foot of the E Face, but after 6 weeks of wind and heavy precipitation during which the cave (and most of their hardware) was buried under 8 metres of snow, they realised that there was no hope of climbing whatsoever, so returned home.