ENTRY DESCRIPTION
The heavy, peculiar-shaped clouds in the region of this mountain gave it its name “Chaltén” in the native language Tehuelche, which means “smoking mountain”, in reference to the (wrong) belief of these indigenous that the mountain was actually a volcano. Latter, the mountain was renamed “Fitz Roy”, in honor of the famous capitan of HMS Beagle, the ship that carried the naturalist Charles Darwin in his expeditions around the world in the nineteenth century. The “Cerro Fitz Roy” is 3405 m high and is one of the most proeminent peaks in the Andes mountainrange in the extreme south of Patagônia region. It is also one of the most challenging destinates to climbers and mountaineers in the world due to its high, level of technical difficulty and climatic conditions.

AUTHOR
Augusto Gomes is a Brazilian biologist, graduated by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil), and master in Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wildlife by the same institution. Since 2010, he is engaged with research about ecology and conservation of tropical ecosystems, focused on bats and cave environments. During his academic journey, Augusto has also been dedicating to nature photography, as a tool to spread the scientific knowledge and contribute to the nature conservancy. Nowadays, the biologist/photographer is a member of the Brazilian Joint of Nature Photographers (AFNATURA), and has a web page dedicated to scientific divulgation and environmental awareness: Andirá Imagens (www.facebook.com/andiraimagens).

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