This jagged, granite-walled mountain towers 11,000 feet over El Chaltén in Southern Patagonia. Mount Fitz Roy, which typically stands obscured in a haze of clouds, was originally named "Chaltén," ...

Three brave ajumma (middle-aged Korean women) successfully climbed the notoriously steep Mount Fitz Roy (3,405 meters or 11,170 feet high) in Patagonia, Argentina, after three nights and four days.

Art sets off in search of a different and unique view of the peak of Mt. Fitz Roy. Just above El Chalten, South America’s unofficial trekking capital rises the jagged silhouette of Mt. Fitz Roy – ...

PATAGONIA — 7 a.m. I wake up to the shrill of an alarm and roll over on my top bunk, releasing the warm pocket of air underneath my big, wool blanket. With half of my body hanging off, I manage to ...

What a wonderful surprise to see Mt. Fitz Roy on the front page of the Travel section [“Argentina’s Dramatic Nature,” March 13]. I recently returned from El Chalten and have two suggestions for people ...

American climber Jim Reynolds just became the first person to free solo up and down Patagonia’s mighty Fitz Roy mountain. We spoke to him to find out how – and more importantly, why – he did it. The ...