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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. 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 to . . . → Continue reading Aconcagua. Casa de Piedra
Finally, I got some skiing in this season and spent four days on Big White. I love spring skiing at this resort: the snow is still good, but it is warm and sunny. More snow photos: . . . → Continue reading Spring skiing
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
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
I am back! Last month I spend in South America out of civilization. The highest result of my trip in Andes is Mount Aconcagua – the highest mountain in the Western and South hemispheres, 6 961 meters. A long story with many photos will be soon. Happy . . . → Continue reading I am back!
If you live in Washington state, you have no chance to avoid Rainier climbing at least once in couple years. In 2014 we decided to spend night higher when usual, maybe even in the crater. Muir rout . . . → Continue reading Mt Rainier – 2014
Skiing with friends on Big White became good annual tradition. This year I spent here four days in the middle of February. Pure pleasure. And photos of snow ghost, of course: . . . → Continue reading Annual meeting with Snow Ghosts
My first non-winter visit to Mt St Helen was at the end of March 2015. Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano about 100 km south of Seattle. History of its activity is fresh even from human point of view, not only from volcanic ones. In . . . → Continue reading Ancient Volcanic Glory
A week ago we spent day on Mt St Helens slopes. Last years we did it several times already, but this mountain is worth it. If at out first winter climb on St Helens we were alone on the whole mountain, this time the parking lot . . . → Continue reading AT skiing on Mt St Helens |
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