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(ThePoles.com) Two Germans, Georg Sichelschmidt and Olaf Rieck will be attempting a Southern Patagonia Icecap kite skiing expedition from Jorge Montt to Paso del Viento, and eventually will finish at Mount Fitz Roy. Fitz Roy and the IcecapGeorg told ExplorersWeb his teammate is a climber, Olaf Rieck from Leipzig, Germany who has climbed two 8000-meter peaks. Olafs plan was to climb Fitz Roy when he saw that there is a big icecap behind the mountain, said Georg. Therefore he thought of doing some trips to the ice as...
