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 […]
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 […]
Subir una gran montaña es la excusa perfecta para celebrar con un gran festín después de la expedición. Después de todo, se estima que cada montañista consume hasta 10.000 calorías durante el día de cumbre… Los valles al pie de los Andes son reconocidos por sus vinos. Pero la Ciudad de Mendoza también cuenta con […]
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 […]
Este arriero chileno, de fortaleza legendaria, alcanzó los 6.560 metros de altura durante el primer intento de ascenso al Aconcagua, en 1883. Güssfeldt, Zurbriggen, FitzGerald. Nombres que conocemos bien, exploradores y pioneros del Aconcagua, cuyos nombres ya son parte de la montaña. Figuran en la historia y en el terreno, a través de los glaciares […]
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 […]
Algunos datos acerca de los Andes Centrales, tierra de “seismiles” La tormenta sobre el Aconcagua te tiene recluido en la carpa, a 5.400 m. Aún está nevando, pero se ha calmado el viento. Qué tan frío está ahí afuera, no se sabe; el calentador ha entibiado la tienda, y de todos modos tú y tu […]
Some facts about the Central Andes, land of “sixthousands” So you are tent-bound at 5,400m in Mt. Aconcagua. It snows but the wind has calmed down. How cold is it out there, you don`t know; the stove has warmed up the tent, and besides you and your tent-mate are buried in the lofty down of […]
El 3 de marzo a las 7.15 de la tarde, el conductor y actor Julián Weich y el rugbier Ezequiel Baraja pisaron el sitio más alto del continente, junto a nuestros guías Ulises Corvalán y Guillermo Fuentes y al fotógrafo Pablo Betancourt. Entre todos desplegaron la bandera Olímpica a 6.960 metros de altura. El grupo […]
