Third delivery of the report on the Aconcagua routes. We go from Nido de Cóndores to Berlin (5,930 m) and Cholera (5,970 m). This section is much shorter than the previous one but we must take into account the effects of the altitude, which at this altitude causes quite a stir. The pace becomes decidedly […]
The Aconcagua Normal Route: Summit Insight Read Post »
Last delivery of the report on the normal Aconcagua route, from Berlin or Cholera to the long-for summit. I usually say that arriving in Berlin is the first half of the trip and the ascent. The summit day is the other half. It is an ascent without major technical difficulties but of great physical and
The Aconcagua Normal Route: 6.962 Mts, Objective Fulfilled Read Post »
From the viewpoint of its base in Plaza Francia, its almost 3 kilometers of difference The Italian Reinhold Messner, perhaps the greatest mountaineer of all time, included the South Wall of Aconcagua in his inventory of the most challenging climbs around the world after opening himself a route of ascent in 1974. It was defeated
The South Wall, the Great Challenge of America Read Post »
