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Photo Gallery: Adventure in Patagonia
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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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