Aconcagua. Matamico

Aconcagua. Start Aconcagua. Puento del Lenas Aconcagua. Casa de Piedra Aconcagua. Base camp. Plaza Argentina Aconcagua. Camp One. Cargo drop Aconcagua. Camp One . . . → Continue reading Aconcagua. Matamico

Aconcagua. Сamp Colera.

Aconcagua. Start Aconcagua. Puento del Lenas Aconcagua. Casa de Piedra Aconcagua. Base camp. Plaza Argentina Aconcagua. Camp One. Cargo drop Aconcagua. Camp One . . . → Continue reading Aconcagua. Сamp Colera.

Aconcagua. Camp Guanaco

Aconcagua. Start Aconcagua. Puento del Lenas Aconcagua. Casa de Piedra Aconcagua. Base camp. Plaza Argentina Aconcagua. Camp One. Cargo drop Aconcagua. Camp One

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Aconcagua. Camp One

Aconcagua. Start Aconcagua. Puento del Lenas Aconcagua. Casa de Piedra Aconcagua. Base camp. Plaza Argentina Aconcagua. Camp One. Cargo drop

December 24

The morning is clear and . . . → Continue reading Aconcagua. Camp One

Escape into Summer

I am back. Again.

As a very light-dependent creature I love our escapes into summer from dark winter very much. They strongly help to survive the darkest days of a year, and they are wonderful on their own.

The escape from this winter definitely was perfect. For . . . → Continue reading Escape into Summer

Aconcagua. Camp One. Cargo drop

Aconcagua. Start Aconcagua. Puento del Lenas Aconcagua. Casa de Piedra Aconcagua. Base camp. Plaza Argentina

December 23

It was below zero during the nights on Plaza Argentina. The frost covered the . . . → Continue reading Aconcagua. Camp One. Cargo drop

Aconcagua. Base camp. Plaza Argentina

Aconcagua. Start Aconcagua. Puento del Lenas Aconcagua. Casa de Piedra

December 21

It is the longest day of the year that means that I choose semisphere correctly. Time to move to base camp Plaza Argentina. . . . → Continue reading Aconcagua. Base camp. Plaza Argentina

Aconcagua. Casa de Piedra

Aconcagua. Start Aconcagua. Puento del Lenas

December 20

The second day of our hike along the Rio de las Vacas. Our next destination is Casa de Piedra. It is 17 kilometres hike with elevation gain 400 meters (from 2900 . . . → Continue reading Aconcagua. Casa de Piedra

Aconcagua. Puento del Lenas

Aconcagua. Start

December 19

Actual start.

Couple words about logistic. Aconcagua is a very commercial mountain. Many companies are ready to take your money and guide you to the summit with the company of guides, porters, cooks, and other staff. Actually, most people climb . . . → Continue reading Aconcagua. Puento del Lenas

Aconcagua. Start

Whole South America from north to south is divided into two unequal parts by the Andes mountain system. Somewhere in the middle, Andes reaches its vertical maximum with the highest mountain of Western and Southern hemispheres, Aconcagua.

From the national point of view, Aconcagua locates in Argentina, Mendoza . . . → Continue reading Aconcagua. Start