Aconcagua National Park opens today to trekkers and climbers, with new regulations that include increased permit fees. A new law aimed at preserving the park ecosystem differentiates between day ...

Leopold Sulovsky and Josef Lukas from the Czech republic have climbed a new route up the West Face of Aconcagua (6962m), Argentina. Czech climbers Leopold Sulovsky and Josef Lukas have climbed a new ...

During the winter months, climbing season transitions to the southern hemisphere, which includes Aconcagua, the highest ...

At the end of December 2003 the Slovenians Tomaz Humar and Ales Kozelj climbed the south face of Aconcagua (6930 m) via a new route "Mobitel's Swallow - Johan's route" VI+(A2). At the end of December ...

Fastest Known Time (“FKT”) represents the fastest known time for endeavors not typically associated with a timed race, such ...

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It takes months of planning for such a climb — accumulating gear, travel and most importantly, the long hours of training. Towering majestically as the highest peak in the entire Americas at 6.9 ...

Though it’s the second-highest of the seven summits, 22,834-foot Aconcagua is also one of the most accessible. Doubt that? Tim Sohn managed to summit on willpower, Kool-Aid, and, okay, yeah, a little ...

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 ...

The second tallest of the Seven Summits, Aconcagua sits deep in the Andes on the western edge of Argentina. At 22,841 feet, simply standing on top is a benchmark for high-altitude alpinists. On ...