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Campsite at Nido de Condores, 5380 meters  
   

Campsite at Nido de Condores, 5380 meters

Took about 1 hour and 200 pounds of rocks to secure the tent. Summit is way up there.
Updated Denial on Aconcagua Redux

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 s ... read more
South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Aconcagua

Argentine Flag Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more
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