A hiker climbs a rocky slope at the base of the jagged Cerro Torre Massif in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina. The sheer granite peak, so treacherous it was thought to be "unclimbable" until a team summitted it in 2005, rises more than 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) from the glacier at its base.
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DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Unknown column 'XPED_URL' in 'field list' at /web/multi/programs/splat/mods/Splat/Engine.pm line 634.
Attributes of Splat tag that caused error: VALUE --> select XPED_URL, GALLERY_NAME as place_name from GALLERY where GALLERY_ID = '<%PLACE_ID%>' CATEGORY --> DB TYPE --> TMPL_LOOP NAME --> XPEDITIONS