Climbing the highest peak on one or more of the world’s seven continents is a worthy goal—and I understand why you, and so many other people, gravitate to 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and ...

Aconcagua (22,838 feet) is both the tallest mountain in the Americas and the highest mountain in the world outside of Asia. Located near Argentina's border with Chile, 70 miles northwest of Mendoza, ...

Having been home from my successful Vinson summit a few weeks now, my attention has shifted from reflection to planning. The next climb is Aconcagua in mid January. There are two major activities at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aconcagua National Park opens today to trekkers and climbers, with new regulations that include increased permit fees. A new law ...

While many of us spent New Year’s Eve counting down, Kristin Kelliher ’16 was going up. Way up. Right now, Kelliher is leading a three-person team — two fellow Bates sophomores and her stepfather, ...

EverestNews.com is succinct: “Several climbers normally die on Aconcagua every year.” That knowledge was motivation enough to get me to my “gym” every weekend for the past five months. Eighty pounds ...

AU.S. man died Friday while scaling Argentina”s Aconcagua mountain, becoming the fifth climber to perish this month on the highest peak in the Americas, officials said. An army patrol on a training ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Americans and a Norwegian died over the past four days while climbing Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Americas, ...

Guided trips American Alpine Institute (360-671-1505, www.aai.cc) offers 24-day climbs on the Polish Glacier route. Trips depart in December and January and cost $4,200 plus air. Mountain Madness (800 ...

I first heard the coughing at around 2 a.m. My tent companion, Rex, was hacking and gurgling uncontrollably as he stumbled from our tent toward a makeshift medical center nearby. I knew at once this ...