ACONCAGUA GRAJALES BLOG - Fernando Grajales Expeditions

Grajales Expeditions celebrates 45 years breaking trail in Aconcagua!

18 December, 2020 / grajalesteam / 3

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 was Fernando Grajales. And it turned out that it […]

Aconcagua: Climbing The Polish Glacier Direct Route

1 June, 2020 / grajalesteam / 0

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 […]

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Aconcagua, slow and steady wins the race

1 October, 2019 / grajalesteam / 8

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 […]

Weny Sánchez: at home in the (mountain) world

28 August, 2019 / grajalesteam / 0

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 […]

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Fine wines & good climbs

21 May, 2019 / grajalesteam / 0

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 […]

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A mountaineer in the jungle

22 March, 2019 / grajalesteam / 0

Ulises “Uli” Corvalán is Grajales Expeditions’ Mountain Manager and the “dean” of our guides. He is at ease in the harsh environment of the extreme altitude; he has reached the summit of Mt. Aconcagua more than 50 times and has led clients to the top of Mt. Everest. When he’s not guiding, he is in […]

Mendoza gourmet: Ten ways to recover after an Aconcagua expedition

22 October, 2018 / grajalesteam / 1

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 […]

Aconcagua, crossing the Andes in the footsteps of Charles Darwin

21 September, 2018 / grajalesteam / 0

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 […]

Don Gilberto Salazar, the forgotten pioneer

8 July, 2018 / grajalesteam / 1

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 […]