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Interested in Aconcagua - Dec/Jan 3-Oct-2011 At 10:47:04 PM Beryllium

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Don't despair, the normal route on Aconcagua isn't a technical climb so what grade you climb at gym is irrelevant unless you decide to do a technical route. I managed to get to the 6200m mark. I was quite ill actually and the rest of the group descended due to bad weather.

Make sure you're super comfortable walking in plastics and crampons. The year I went, we left our walking axes at base camp as it wasn't very icy towards the summit. Just had our walking poles.

I'd love to have another crack at it at some stage though. Good luck!

PS. Treat yourself to the steaks back at Mendoza when you get off the mountain. That was all I was thinking of when I was walking back through the Horcones Valley, feeling a bit defeated.