Climbing the highest peak on one or more of the world’s seven continents is a worthy goal—and I understand why you, and so many other people, gravitate to 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and ...

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Aconcagua is the tallest mountain outside Asia and one of the coveted “Seven Summits,” making the expedition a major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aconcagua National Park opens today to trekkers and climbers, with new regulations that include increased permit fees. A new law ...

He’s not even 10 years old but one California boy is already lacing his boots to set a new world record by climbing the Western Hemisphere’s highest mountain next month. Fourth grader Tyler Armstrong ...

EverestNews.com is succinct: “Several climbers normally die on Aconcagua every year.” That knowledge was motivation enough to get me to my “gym” every weekend for the past five months. Eighty pounds ...

Aconcagua is a very big mountain, and the dream of reaching the top has to match its size. Standing 22,835 feet tall, Aconcagua–in western Argentina, 75 miles northeast of Santiago, Chile–is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peak climbing season on 6,961m Aconcagua has begun, and the first death has already occurred. We spoke to one of the medical ...