Author of the books Montañas en alpargatas, la vida de Fernando Grajales”; “Mendoza, senderos de aventura”; texts for the book “Aconcagua: Fotografías”. Reporter, free lance writer and editor at different newspapers and magazines: Editor at Los Andes newspaper (Mendoza, Argentina); reporter at El Cronista newspaper (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Free lance articles for: La Nación (Buenos Aires); The Observer (London); Argentina’s National Ministry of Tourism. Currently, logistics, communication and texts for the Mendoza guiding company Grajales Expeditions.
Fortune placed Pete McAfee on the trailhead. But hard work and a positive mindset took him to the summit. “Never let an opportunity pass you by”, says Pete McAffee. This American climber should know: he went from halfheartedly entering a contest on social media to finding himself atop the highest mountain in the world outside […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A pioneering partnership between Grajales Expeditions and Bodegas Bianchi. When you have spent two weeks looking at everything you ate and drank in terms of “carbs intake” and “proper hydration”, sitting down to a glass of fine wine can be liberating. If this happens in a roomy base camp tent (with table and chairs, no […]
Climbing a big, long mountain like Aconcagua is a perfect excuse to indulge in a big, long feast of calories after the expedition. After all, climbers spend up to 10.000 calories during summit day. The valleys at the foot of the Andes are well know for its wines, but Mendoza also has a growing gourmet […]
Charles Darwin, the British naturalist and explorer who sailed around the World and wrote “The voyage of the Beagle” and the influential “On the origin of species”, crossed the Andes twice in 1835. Driven by his passion for the mountains, he rode a mule from Santiago de Chile to Mendoza and back, while his ship […]
This Chilean gaucho of legenday strength reached 6.560m in Aconcagua’s first known summit attempt. Güssfeldt, Zurbriggen, FitzGerald; these are well known names, the pioneers of Aconcagua. They have become a part of Aconcagua and they have a place in history and in the field, with glaciers and peaks named after them. But the stories of […]
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