A pair of Brazilian climbers are currently missing on Fitz Roy in Patagonia and another, a Czech, perished while descending.
Two Brazilian mountaineers attempting to summit Mount Fitz Roy on the Chilean-Argentinian border are currently missing.The Brazilians were slated to return from the 11,000-foot peak on January 20, but never did. Search operations have been continually frustrated by inclement weather. A 37-year-old Czech climber, in an unrelated climbing party, also died of hypothermia while descending. His partner managed to make it down.