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.
How high is Aconcagua? Mount Aconcagua rises to 6,960.8 metres (22,837 feet) above sea level, according to Argentina's Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN). It is the highest mountain in South America and the highest peak in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres. The answer depends on the reference point. Here, height means elevation above mean sea […]
On March 3, at 7.15 PM, TV host and actor Julian Weich and rugbier Ezequiel Baraja stood at the highest point in the continent and waved the Olympic flag. With them were our guides Ulises Corvalán and Guillermo Fuentes, and photographer Pablo Betancourt. They reached the 6,960m summit after a last push of three epic […]
A team of eleven great athletes and personalities -Olympic and Paralympic medalists among them- will set foot in Mt. Aconcagua State Park on Monday. They intend to take the flag to the summit, as part of a project that promotes sports and healthy lifestyle. The project is called “Summit Aconcagua”, and what brings the 11 […]
In December of 1990, a young Austrian climber planted his two tents at the the base of Mt. Aconcagua’s South Face, a lonely place in those days. The mules that carried his cache of food and gear also carried a wooden structure that the arrieros (muleteers) put together in the campsite. The climber was Thomas Bubendorfer, […]
A new mountaineering season has begun in Mt. Aconcagua. The mules have been brought to the mountain from their winter fields; the tents and the domes have been set up in the camps. The “campamenteros” (Aconcagua jargon meaning BC managers and staff) have moved to the “cloth cities” that they call home for three months […]
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