Aconcagua, Uspalleta Argentina
March 1st 2009 Cerro Aconcagua is the highest mountain in South America at nearly 22,000 feet and is the largest outside of the Himalayes (thanks for the correction Juan!). Although both John and I are ¨technically¨mountaineers... we thought it would be best just to hike to base camp on this trip.
On Sunday we took a bus from Mendoza to Uspalleta which is a small town 100 km (approx 1 hr) from Aconcagua Pr
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