Stories: Aconcagua

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Successful Summits On All December Expeditions

ECUADOR CLIMBING SCHOOL (photos and text: Logan Talbott) Successful Cayambe Summit! “On Friday we left the Refugio at midnight and made our way up the mountain. We had almost every sort…

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It’s Still Summit Season!

Yesterday the Aconcagua Rapid Ascent team hiked up to Cerro Colorado (15,500′ / 4724m) just behind Base Camp. They enjoyed great views of the Polish Glacier and the South…

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International December Expeditions

Alpenglow Expeditions currently has three international expeditions taking place. We have one Rapid Ascent expedition on Aconcagua near Mendoza, Argentina (14 days), and also two climbing schools, one in Mexico (9…

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Rapid Ascent on Aconcagua – 1 Week after Vinson

7 days before they stood atop Aconcagua, this exact #RapidAscent climbing team was standing on the tallest peak on the Antarctic continent – 16,077’ Mt. Vinson. The very next week,…

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Vinson & Aconcagua Rapid Ascent

Vinson and Aconcagua Rapid Ascent Their journey began in early December when the team of 4 climbers and lead guide Adrian Ballinger set out from the United States, traveling to…

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Blowing in the Wind

The Alpenglow team is enjoying some down time at Papallacta, a hot springs retreat high in the Ecuadorian Andes. It’s in a cloud forest at 11,500 feet of elevation, with…

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Alpenglow’s Amazing Rapid Ascent Success

Interested in climbing with us in 2016? Click here for details. Alpenglow Expedition’s first use of pre-acclimatization for an open-enrollment group outside of the Himalaya proved incredibly successful this January…

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Aconcagua Custom Expedition 2015

On Thursday, January, 22, Adrian and Gay flew into Mendoza, Argentina, after leaving their successful expedition in Antarctica where they reached the summit of Vinson Massif. They met Gay’s daughter…

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Aconcagua Group Expedition 2015

January 23, 2015 – Our group expedition on Aconcagua has begun! Everyone was thrilled to fly into Mendoza and enjoyed the food and famed wine. The crew set out on…

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Trip Update Overload on Social Media!

Ok, not really. How can you ever have too many awesome pictures and team info? But we do have a lot of trips this month and we are launching a…

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