Stories: Aconcagua
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3 Reasons Adrian Ballinger Thinks You Should Climb Aconcagua
Rapid Ascent™ distills the expedition down to all its highlights By preacclimatizing at home before the start of the trip, our teams spend a mere 14 days attempting Aconcagua,…
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Aconcagua 2020 – Polish Direct Route Update
In our last post, we talked about the team of Justin and Topo on their Aconcagua Rapid Ascent™, taking on the Polish Direct Route. Here’s an update on their progress….
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Aconcagua 2020 – Climbing the Polish Glacier Direct Route
Normally, Alpenglow Expeditions Rapid Ascent™ teams climb the “360 route” on Aconcagua. The 360 route begins in Plaza de Argentina and ascends a less traveled route up the mountain, allowing…
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5 Reasons to Climb Aconcagua with Alpenglow Expeditions
You’ve gotten a taste of high altitude in Ecuador, Peru or Bolivia – and now you’re probably thinking about your next step in the high peaks of the world. Whether…
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Aconcagua Update – December 29, 2018
Aconcagua Rapid Ascent – Update From the Mountain Alpenglow’s first Aconcagua Rapid Ascent team of the season is currently (December 29) at camp 2 on Aconcagua dealing with windy conditions…
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Aconcagua Update: February 1, 2018
Cumbre!! We’ll go with the most exciting news first – this morning at 10am local time we had 4 members of our climbing team summit Aconcagua. Conditions were breezy up there…
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Aconcagua Update: January 27, 2018
We last left off with the team heading to Camp 1 on Aconcagua. That day Adrian’s team made it up in a peppy 3.5 hours. The next team followed up…
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Aconcagua Update: January 24, 2018
Just a few short days ago, our team of 6 coalesced in Mendoza from various parts of the U.S. and South America. The lead guides for this group are the…
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South America Climbing Season Coming into Focus
The cold temperatures of fall here in the northern hemisphere reminds us that the Aconcagua climbing season is coming into view. This season Alpenglow Expeditions has eight different expeditions to South America –…
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Aconcagua Season Summary
Three Aconcagua Guided Summit Trips This Season ¡Cumbre! We had three Aconcagua Rapid Ascent expeditions this season, and each Rapid Ascent team had successful summits of Aconcagua (22,841′ / 6962m). Cheers to strong teams and…
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