Jon Lazkano

Biography

Jon Lazkano Agirre is an internationally renowned mountaineer, specialist in big walls with flagship activities in Patagonia and Baltoro, discoverer of little-known places. Born on February 21, 1969 in Bergara (Gipuzkoa), he is attracted by the big walls of the planet but rejects normal routes and "commercial" mountains. Among his climbs are the openings of Trango, Paine, Naranjo, etc. Routes in the Alps, Patagonia, Karakorum, attempts on the G-IV, a monolith of rock and ice culminating at 7,925 meters in the heart of Karakorum.

He started climbing very young on Atxarte, Anboto, etc. In 1987, he made the Zodiac to El Capitan, Le Nez, Horse chute, etc. In 1988, with José Carlos Tamayo, he ma...