Fitz Roy: Ascent of the South-West Buttress

Year
1968
Country
USA
Duration:
29 mins

Overview

40th Anniversary Retrospective: From the Vault Program
The film that started it all. Lito Tejades-Flores’ documentary on the 1968 Funhog expedition to Patagonia chronicles the third ascent of Mount Fitz Roy via a southwest ridge route by a then unknown group of young Americans — and was the marquee film at Mountainfilm’s first festival.

Production Team

Director
Lito Tejada-Flores

Festival Screenings

Featured in the 2018 Mountainfilm Festival.