Members: Millaray Rivera

Victoria Prez
Clemente Miranda
Towers of paine
This expedition takes us to the heart of Patagonia, and
by far one of the most dramatic and beautiful mountain
ranges in the world. The Paine Range is located in the
Towers of Paine National Park, or Torres del Paine. Some
of the hardest climbs in the world lie in this magic land
of Patagonia. Harder than the North Tower, the Central
Tower of Paine offers some of the best climbing in all of
Patagonia.
This very technical route, combined with the legendary
Patagonian weather, makes this climb extremely
challenging. Patagonian adventure was one of the first
companies to do this type of guiding in Patagonia. In
the center of the park is a granite massif from which rise
the Towers and the Horns of Paine, oddly shaped peaks
of over 2,600 meters. There are 15 peaks in the park
above 2000 meters, the highest of which is Cerro Paine
Grande.
The mountains of the Paine Range are obviously
the main attraction of the park. The highest peak
in the Paine Range is Mount Big Paine reaching
2884 m, placed in the western slope of the Valley
of the French and to the east from the Grey
Glacier.
The park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales
and 312 km north of Punta Arenas. The park
borders Bernardo O'Higgins National Park to the
west and the Glaciers National Park to the north in
Argentine territory.



3 Exotic animals
Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma
darwinii), also called the
Southern Darwin's frog is a
rhinodermatid frog native to
the forest streams of Chile and
Argentina. It was first described
by French Zoologist Andr
Marie Constant Dumril and his
assistant Gabriel Bibron, and is
named after Charles Darwin
who had previously discovered
it in Chile during his world
voyage on the HMS Beagle.
The star-nosed mole (Condylura
cristata) is a small mole found in
wet low areas of eastern
Canada and the northeastern
United States, with records
extending along the Atlantic
coast as far as extreme
southeastern Georgia. The star-
nosed mole is easily identified
by the 11 pairs of pink fleshy
appendages ringing its snout,
which is used as a touch organ
with more than 25,000 minute
sensory receptors, known as
Eimer's organs, with which this
hamster-sized mole feels its way
around. With the help of its
Eimer's organs, it may be
perfectly poised to detect
seismic wave vibrations.
The ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
is the domesticated form of the
European Polecat, a mammal
belonging to the weasel genus
of the family Mustelidae. They
typically have brown, black,
white, or mixed fur. They have an
average length of 20 inches (51
cm) including a 5 inch (13 cm)
tail, weigh about 1.54 pounds
(0.72 kg), and have a natural
lifespan of 7 to 10 years.
The history of the ferret's
domestication is uncertain, like
that of most other domestic
animals, but it is likely that ferrets
have been domesticated for at
least 2,500 years. They are still
used for hunting rabbits in some
parts of the world today, but
increasingly they are kept simply
as pets.

Mount Everest
Mount Everest, also known in
Nepal as Sagarmth and in
Tibet as Chomolungma, is the
Earth's highest mountain. It is
located in the Mahalangur
section of the Himalayas. Its
peak is 8,848 metres above
sea level and is the 5th furthest
point from the center of the
Earth. The international border
between China and Nepal
runs across the precise summit
point. Mount Everest is located
in the Himalayas, a mountain
range between India and
China in Asia.
Mount Everest attracts many
highly experienced mountaineers
as well as capable climbers
willing to hire professional guides.
There are two main climbing
routes, one approaching the
summit from the southeast in
Nepal (known as the standard
route) and the other from the
north in Tibet. While not posing
substantial technical climbing
challenges on the standard
route, Everest presents dangers
such as altitude sickness,
weather, wind as well as
significant objective hazards from
avalanches and the Khumbu
Icefall. While the overwhelming
majority of climbers use bottled
oxygen in order to reach the top,
some climbers have summitted
Everest without supplemental
oxygen.
Tragedy struck on the
descent from the North col
when seven porters were
killed in an avalanche. The
1924 expedition resulted in
the greatest mystery on
Everest to this day: George
Mallory and Andrew Irvine
made a final summit
attempt on June 8 but
never returned, sparking
debate as to whether they
were the first to reach the
top. They had been
spotted high on the
mountain that day but
disappeared in the clouds,
never to be seen again
until Mallory's body was
found in 1999 at 8,155 m on
the North face.
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