Jorge Quinteros (mountaineer)
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Jorge Quinteros is a Chile
an mountaineer
who has an extensive career as explorer, guide and teacher. Together with Harold William Tilman they were the first to traverse the Southern Patagonian Ice Field
in the summer of 1955-1956. Currently he works in Dirección General de Aguas and teaches at the University of Chile.
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an mountaineer
Mountaineer
-Sports:*Mountaineering, the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, trekking and climbing up mountains, also known as alpinism-University athletic teams and mascots:*Appalachian State Mountaineers, the athletic teams of Appalachian State University...
who has an extensive career as explorer, guide and teacher. Together with Harold William Tilman they were the first to traverse the Southern Patagonian Ice Field
Southern Patagonian Ice Field
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field , located at the Southern Patagonic Andes between Argentina and Chile, is the second largest contiguous extrapolar extent of ice in the world...
in the summer of 1955-1956. Currently he works in Dirección General de Aguas and teaches at the University of Chile.
Sources
- Jorge Quinteros: Leyenda de la Montaña, Revista Viaje, El MercurioEl MercurioEl Mercurio is a conservative Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's paper-of-record and its Valparaíso edition is the oldest daily in the Spanish language currently in circulation. El Mercurio is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P...
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