It took Slovenia’s Luka Lindic and Luka Krajnc 3 attempts to complete a new direct route on the south pillar of the Aiguille Poincenot in Patagonia. Pot (750 m, A3, 6c) is not one of the team’s greatest successes since they started climbing from the Alps to Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy ranges, but it does mark 20 years of shared mountain experience. Luka Lindic, who has just returned from El Chalten, gives us his account of the story.
From El Chalten on 22 to 26 February, Slovenians Luka Lindic, 35, and Luka Krajnc, 36, completed Pot – the Way – on the south pillar of the aiguille Poincenot (3,002 m), famous peak of the Fitz Roy range (3,405 m).
The route, which takes 18 new pitches from the Col Susat to the exit of the Whillans-Cochrane route from the East side, is direct to the summit. A “total