This route traverses across the lower west and southwest faces of Aconcagua before climbing a huge couloir that leads onto the crest of the southwest ridge. It is technically more difficult than the ...

At 22,841 feet, Aconcagua is not only the highest mountain in South America but also the highest in the Western Hemisphere. Most climbers climb it via the Normal Route, or as I prefer to call it, “The ...

In January 2025 I climbed Aconcagua (6,962 m / 22,834 ft) via the 360 Route (Polish Glacier Traverse), ascending from the east and descending the Normal Route on the west side. The approach included ...

Buenos Aires, Dec 27 (EFE).Buenos Aires, Dec 27 (EFE). — A 9yearold U.S. boy has become the youngest person to reach the summit of Argentina’s Mount Aconcagua, the tallest peak in the Americas, Clarin ...

I think you’re on the right track, Ciaran. Generally, guides on 22,834-foot Aconcagua advise a sleeping bag rated to minus 20-degree Celsius (converts to minus four Fahrenheit). So if you’re a ...

Climbing the highest peak on one or more of the world’s seven continents is a worthy goal—and I understand why you, and so many other people, gravitate to 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and ...

12/23/14 – The extraordinary mountain runner Kilian Jornet has set a dramatic record for climbing and descending 22,841-foot Aconcagua. Jornet ran up and down the Normal Route, starting at the ...

Epithets like “world’s highest” or “world’s longest” are often met with a raised eyebrow in the climbing community these days, and perhaps for good reason, because many times the feat is something ...