Overview

• The fall occurred Thursday near El Chaltén, and Agustín Ezequiel Fresco died at Mirador Dos Cóndores in the park’s northern sector.
• Reports indicate he had left the marked Mirador del Cerro Norte route toward Cerro Dos Cóndores when he plunged roughly 40 meters.
• The High Mountain Group of Gendarmería Nacional, with park rangers, led the recovery in difficult terrain and retrieved the body.
• The remains were transferred to El Calafate’s SAMIC Hospital for an autopsy ordered by the Juzgado de Instrucción Penal Juvenil N°1.
• Fresco, a 36-year-old physician from Chajarí and brother of former national volleyball player Lucía “La Rusa” Fresco, was widely mourned by his hometown and medical colleagues.