Two Americans and a Norwegian died over the past four days while climbing Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Americas, Argentine police said this week. U.S. mountaineer Ayn Vincent Day, 41, died ...

Lenka Polackova of Slovakia has smashed the female FKT (Fastest Known Time) on Aconcagua. Polakova first summited the ...

The Argentine mountain Aconcagua, while technically quite easy, is no pushover. Climbing at 22,841 ft. with no supplemental oxygen in temperatures below -30 F will get your attention. Argentina’s ...

Aconcagua National Park opens today to trekkers and climbers, with new regulations that include increased permit fees. A new law aimed at preserving the park ecosystem differentiates between day ...

Climbing the final 3,500 vertical feet of terrain on the world’s peak mountain outside of Asia is not only physically demanding, but mentally, too. In Part 1 of this series about Argentina’a Aconcagua ...

The second tallest of the Seven Summits, Aconcagua sits deep in the Andes on the western edge of Argentina. At 22,841 feet, simply standing on top is a benchmark for high-altitude alpinists. On ...

It takes months of planning for such a climb — accumulating gear, travel and most importantly, the long hours of training. Towering majestically as the highest peak in the entire Americas at 6.9 ...