Cochamó, Pared de Prof etas, Las Venas Cerradas de America Latina. Escaping from Torres del Paine’s awful weather, G erm an Kevin Bartke and I landed in Valle Cocham ó in late February, seeking some dry, sunny granite walls. After repeating some routes in the Anfiteatro, La Zebra, and Valle de Paloma, we teamed up with N orth American Erik Kinsley to open a new route that Kevin and Erik had seen on the Profetas Wall, up the Valle de Paloma. On our first push we climbed the first three pitches of Otro Dia O tro Largo (AAJ 2009, pp. 197-199), and then turned

left to the crack system in the center of the wall, just above the characteristic roof. A fter tw o h ig h -q u a lity p itches (the second being the hardest), the wall steepened and the cracks flared, making free clim bing alm ost im possib le. We traversed back right and shared some m e te rs w ith O tro D ia O tro Largo, un til the wall allowed us to re tu rn to our original crack system. In the end, we spent about five full days w orking on the route (Las Venas C erradas de America Latina, 330m, 5.11+), cleaning, freeing, and bolting some of the pitches and the belays. The first two pitches, which we added after our initial push, were rap -bo lted , and we believe they bring an easier and nicer alternative to the C 1 roof of O tro Dia O tro Largo. We would like to thank Daniel Seeliger for his support and his unending kindness.

A l e ja n d r o B o n il l a R a u , Spain