Aconcagua (22,838 feet) is both the tallest mountain in the Americas and the highest mountain in the world outside of Asia. Located near Argentina's border with Chile, 70 miles northwest of Mendoza, ...

Erden Eruc is about to leave Seattle to climb Aconcagua, but he won’t reach the 22,841-foot summit for over a year. Eruc is planning to ride a bike from Seattle to Miami, towing a cart with all of his ...

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. This ambient film ...

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 ...

Having been home from my successful Vinson summit a few weeks now, my attention has shifted from reflection to planning. The next climb is Aconcagua in mid January. There are two major activities at ...

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 ...

In 2014, a group of 11 cholita women decided to do some climbing of their own in addition to their work as cooks and porters for mountaineers on Huayna Potosí (6088m) outside the Bolivian ...

This article is part of Climbing's online archives documenting climbing's greatest mountains, such as Everest, and its pioneering practitioners such as Marc-Andre Leclerc. Aconcagua (22,838 feet) is ...

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 ...