Pillar del Sol Naciente, new route on Cerro Murallón in Patagonia

The French Lise Billon, François Poncet, Jeremy Stagnetto, Jerome Sullivan and the Spanish Pedro Diaz have realized the first ascent of Pillar del Sol Naciente (7b, A1 WI6 M6, 1000 m) on the SE ridge of Cerro Murallòn, using portaledges over 9 days and placing 15 bolts, only at belays.
This route is regarded as a very important new route in Patagonia, "the most beautifully striking unclimbed line in all of Patagonia" in the opinion of Rolando Garibotti.

Cerro Murallon was first climbed in 1984 by the Italians Casimiro Ferrari, Carlo Aldè and Paolo Vitali via a route which, thanks to its beauty and the style of ascent, is recognised as a historic Patagonian ascent (VI 5.10 A2/3 80°, 1500m, Aldè-Ferrari-Vitali, 1984).