Aconcagua

A group of friends, new and old, travel to South America to take on Aconcagua, the Western Hemisphere's highest Peak

... shatteringly low, it means keep moving to stay warm and be extra careful;  a lost glove equals a lost hand. Further, because Aconcagua has a thin atmosphere, there is even less oxygen than normal, turning 23,000 ft. into what feels like 26, 000 ft. ...

... ) Today was one hell of day in the mountains, a 24km walk with nearly 1000 metres of ascent. A pretty tiring second day on Aconcagua especially with the scorching sun and a 20mph head wind which blasted us for most of the day. Can't complain though, ...

... both stoves. We arrived at 3:00pm, just in time to get the tent set up before we were hit with our first Aconcagua storm. Visibilty dropped to a few metres and snow pounded down, covering the ground and tent in minutes. This continued uninterupted all ...

... blown by 100kph winds and comes from all directions. I think the wind chill scale was meaningless in such thin a atmosphere. They call Aconcagua the little 8000m due to it being so far south, and there being less atmosphere above it than the other great ...

... Jeg satte avgårde ganske tidlig mot Plaza Francia på 4250moh. De få som klatrer den 3000meter høye sørveggen av Aconcagua bruker dette som basecamp, og er et fantasisk skue så tett innpå veggen. Klatrerutene er visstnok ikke så teknisk vanskelige, ...

Aconcagua is the highest peak in the Americas, measuring at 6962m above sea level. Even though we didn´t climb it, hiking at its base proved difficult due to the high elevation there (3300m) This 3 day hike got top honours for the most expensive hike our ...

Visit to Cerro Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas. This was a short trip from Mendoza into the Andes, up to the border with ...