Chapter 3. On Assignment: The Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”

— LANCE ARMSTRONG

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Román Bascuñana, one of the climbing guides helping with the rope section of the course, ascends the fixed ropes above Lake Anibal Pinto during the 2009 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race.

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