Early Bird sale: an alpine start always pays off (even with paperwork) Mt Aconcagua Park has launched its pre-season permit sale, which allows climbers to obtain their climbing tickets with a 30% off the regular price. Besides the obvious benefit of the discount, the promotion has the advantage of simplifying the always busy first days […]
El ultra maratonista Tyler Andrews subió desde Horcones hasta la cumbre en 7 h 35 min, y también rompió la marca desde Plaza de Mulas hasta la cima, con 3h 32 min. by Nicolás García El corto período de ascensos que tuvo el Aconcagua en 2021-22 bastó para que cayeran dos marcas récord icónicas del […]
Tyler Andrews, an American pro runner, climbed from the trailhead to the summit in 7h 35’, and from Plaza de Mulas to the top in 3h 32’, setting new ascent records. by Nicolás García The 2021-22 Aconcagua climbing season was reduced to a half, due to Covid restrictions. But it was all American ultrarunner Tyler […]
A mediados de los setenta, aventura y turismo eran nociones opuestas en lugar de una combinación en auge. Aún no existía el concepto de las “Seven Summits”, las mayores cumbres de cada continente. Sin embrago, un andinista mendocino decidió vender su finca y fundar un emprendimiento de servicios en el cerro Aconcagua. Su nombre era […]
Grajales Expeditions celebrates 45 years breaking trail in Aconcagua! Back in the seventies, when “adventure” and “tourism” were opposing concepts rather than a trend, and the Seven Summits idea didn´t even exist, a Mendocino andinista decided to sell his farm to start up a guiding company at the very foot of Mt. Aconcagua. His name […]
Aconcagua’s Polish Glacier: the best of two worlds Climbing Aconcagua by the Polish Glacier Route offers the best of two worlds. The huge scale of this wild Andean glacier poses a demanding, Himalayan-like mountaineering challenge. At the same time, the straightforward logistics, well equipped camps and ease of access of Aconcagua makes it simpler than […]
Mountaineering training tips from Training for the New Alpinism By Ilan Zeimer > A lead guide at Grajales Expeditions with 50 Aconcagua summits under his belt. When he is not guiding in the Andes he is mountain biking and trail running in the hills outside Mendoza. For years now, I have preached to each of […]
Además de ser una guía de gran fortaleza en la altura, Weny es una ciudadana del mundo vertical: se maneja a gusto tanto en las grandes expediciones como en las agujas patagónicas, pasando por la roca vertical y el boulder. Con sólo 32 años, nuestra guía cuenta con 15 cumbres en el Aconcagua, varias en […]
If the definition of cosmopolitan is “someone who has a lot of knowledge and experience of many different countries and cultures”, we could coin the term mountainpolitan to refer to Weny Sánchez. One of our strongest altitude guides, Weny feels at ease in the big mountains, the steepest Patagonian environment or the granite crags. At […]
Acuerdo pionero entre Grajales Expeditions y Bodegas Bianchi. Tras dos semanas en la montaña, midiendo cada comida en términos de ingesta de energía y cada bebida en términos de hidratación adecuada, disfrutar de una copa de buen vino puede ser una experiencia liberadora. Si esto ocurre en el campamento base y estás celebrando el regreso […]
