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| Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the western and southern hemisphere. It stands at 22,850ft. Its location is in the high Andes of Argentina. Aconcagua is also known as the Stone Sentinel. Allen Gerber and myself climbed Aconcagua in 1997. These are a few pictures from that climb. |
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| This bath house is a Incan ruin built into the side of a gorge. It was located near the the pass we started our climb at. |
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| Allen (second from left) and myself (far right) with some new friends at base camp. Base camp was at 14,300ft. This is where we started carrying loads. |
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| This is Aconcagua. The mules and cowboys you see are how we got the 300lbs of gear up to base camp. Base camp is just over the rise. |
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| Cowboys taking some gear back down the mountain. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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