Jorge Quinteros (mountaineer)
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Jorge Quinteros is a
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an
mountaineer Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...
who has an extensive career as explorer, guide and teacher. Together with Harold William Tilman they were the first to traverse the
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in the summer of ''1955-1956''. Currently he works in Dirección General de Aguas and teaches at the
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Jorge Quinteros: Leyenda de la Montaña
Revista Viaje,
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. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Chilean mountain climbers University of Chile faculty {{chile-academic-bio-stub