Aconcagua 2005
Aconcagua (6962 m) is the highest mountain in the Western hemisphere, located in western Argentina, near the Chilean border.
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Approaching the top of Aconcagua – sunrise with Aconcagua shadow.
Tuesday, December 27th is our summit day. After 7 hrs of demanding hiking we were at the top of Aconcagua – 1 pm local time.
To reach the top of Aconcagua we needed a total of 47 hrs of strenuous hiking ( for the descent we needed 16 hrs). All together: 63 hours of high altitude demanding hiking.
Zijah felt too cold and returned to Camp 3 at 6,500m approximately. At 6 am, when we started our summit approach, the air temperature was – 20 C, with 80 km/h wind. By using the Wind chill chart table our bodies felt this – 39 C, which is extremely cold - human flesh will begin to freeze within less than minute.
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