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Aconcagua's Imposing South Face

Side trip to Plaza Francia (base camp for S Face climbs) on day 2 from Confluencia. Normal Route is on the other side of the mountain.


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Blog: Updated Denial on Aconcagua Redux
Date: December 25th 2010

Finally got around to posting and annotating photos from December's trip to Argentina. A synopsis of the Aconcagua climb is provided in case anyone is wondering about the details. Note: $1 = 1 ARG peso and at the time of the trip $US1 ≈ 3.9-4.0 pesos. Day -2, 12/9/2010 - Spent the day in Atlanta after a red-eye from Seattle. Slept in the terminal for about 3 hours til 9 am before grabbing ... read more


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Tot: 0.867s; Tpl: 0.005s; cc: 8; qc: 41; dbt: 0.0309s; 1; s:apollo w:www (50.28.60.10); sld: 1; ; mem: 6.4mb