The 2005 South American Ski Mountaineering Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano de Esquí de Montaña) was the first edition of a

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n continental championship of competition ski mountaineering, The event, which was carried out in combination with the last race of the ''South American Ski Mountaineering Cup'' race and the "2nd International Open" event at San Carlos de Bariloche from 26 to 27 August 2009, was organized by the

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(FASA) and the ''Club Andino Bariloche'' (CAB). It was officially sanctioned by the

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(ISMC), by the Unión Panamericana de Montaña y Escalada (UPAME), by the Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada (FEDME) and by the ''Escuela Militar de Montaña'', the mountain warfare school of the

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. The competitors came from

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and

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, and also two male racers from

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, one from

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and one from Switzerland in the framework of the "International Open of Ski Mountaineering".

Results

Event was held on the

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on August 27, 2005. The

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an participants (''italic'' in the men's ranking list below) did not count in the continental championship ranking, but appeared in the "International Open" ranking. List of the best 10 participants by gender:2º Open Internacional de Travesia
, August 27, 2005.

References

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