Climbing for Learning: Aconcagua

Oxygen?

No oxygen needed on Aconcagua (22,829 ft).  Generally, oxygen is used climbing mountains over 26,000 feet.

Expedition Style?

The team of 9 clmbers and 3 guides will climb the mountain using a series of successively higher camps.  We will carry to a higher camp and then return to a lower camp to sleep.  The next day will take another load and move to the higher camp to stay.  This helps get supplies up the mountain and it also helps us acclimiztize slowly to higher and higher elevations.  We climb like this all the way to the summit.

Who is Guiding Us?

We have three professional guides from Alpine Ascents - ensuring we summit or at least safely descend after giving it our best shot.  They each have enormous climbing and guiding experience.  Each day I am able get a whole new round of practical advice - and I need all I can get!

Our lead guide, Eric 33, has guided on 12 Aconcagua expeditions and summited 9 times.  He is from Seattle.  Eric has been guiding for over 10 years.  He has extensive Aconcagua, Denali, and Cascades experience in addition to Himalayan experience.

Dave 40, summited Aconcagua about 12 days ago with an earlier group and has been guiding for 6 years.  Dave is from Seattle.

Brent 30, also summited Aconcagua with Dave, and has been guiding for 8 years. Brent is from Utah. He plans on climbing in the Himalayas this fall and attempting Everest next spring.

In addition to their experience and qualifications as guides, they are great cooks, great people, and fun to hang out with - lots of great stories.