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South Face of Aconcagua, Argentina
15th June 2007
The story behind the image
Aconcagua is not only the highest mountain of South America, in fact it is the highest outside of Asia.
Still the 6962m/22,841ft high summit can be reached using a rough but non-technical hiking path. This is the other side of the mountain, the South Face, almost 3km/10k ft of near vertical ice and rock, with an age old glacier at its feet. Serious climbing…
Category: 7 summits • Argentina • Landscapes • Mountains • South America
Image URL: http://exposedplanet.com/south-face-of-aconcagua-argentina/
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Aconcagua is not only the highest mountain of South America, in fact it is the highest outside of Asia.
Still the 6962m/22,841ft high summit can be reached using a rough but non-technical hiking path. This is the other side of the mountain, the South Face, almost 3km/10k ft of near vertical ice and rock, with an age old glacier at its feet. Serious climbing…
Category: 7 summits • Argentina • Landscapes • Mountains • South America
Image URL: http://exposedplanet.com/south-face-of-aconcagua-argentina/
Filed in: 7 summits • Argentina • Landscapes • Mountains • South America
wow that is amazing!!
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Beautiful, such moody weather.
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