24 interesting facts about Aconcagua

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We share the most interesting facts about Aconcagua - from the highest art gallery in the world to mysterious mummified remains

I recently climbed the Aconcagua in Argentina, the third step on my trip to climb the seven peaks.

The Cerro Aconcagua is perhaps not one of the most beautiful mountains in the world and the climb certainly has little charm, but this huge lump from Andenfelsen and ice cream is one of the most sought -after mountains in the world.

Every year thousands of experienced and amateur mountaineers flock to his slopes to test themselves in one of the roughest environments in the continent.

I spent 14 days on the stormy, barren slopes of the mountain and did exactly that. In the following I share the most interesting facts about Aconcagua that I picked up on the way.

interesting facts about aconcagua

  1. The exact height of the Aconcagua is controversial. A measurement of 2001 by an Italian Argentine team showed that the mountain is 6,961.83 m (22,840 ft) high. In 2012, however, a team of scientists from various academic institutions in Mendoza examined the Aconcagua again and came to 6,960.8 m (22,837 feet). (Source: Britannica)

  2. is undisputed that the aconcagua is the highest mountain in America, which is why it is often referred to as the "roof of America". (Source: Lonely Planet)

  3. The above also makes aconcagua the highest mountain in the southern hemisphere, the western hemisphere and outside of Asia. (Source: Popular Mechanics)

  4. Aconcagua is a member of the Seven Summits, an accumulation of the highest mountains on every continent. He is the second highest of the seven after Mount Everest in Asia. (Source: Britannica)

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    1. After Mount Everest, Aconcagua is the highest topographically outstanding peak of the world (ie the height of the summit in relation to the lowest contour line that surrounds it). This makes him an ultra prominent summit-remarkable for his extraordinary increase (more than 1,500 m/4,900 ft) over the surrounding area. (Source: Peaklist)

    2. Since the ascent of the Aconcagua does not require any special mountaineering skills, it is considered a non -technical rise and is the highest trekking summit in the world. (Source: The Telegraph)

    3. There are several theories about the origin of the name, based on the local languages. In Mapuche, Aconca-Hue refers to the Aconcagua River and means "comes from the other side"; Ackon Cahuak means "Guardian from Stein" on Quechua; And in Aymara, Janq’u Q’awa means "white gorge". (Source: RW McColl. (2005). Encyclopedia of World Geography. Facts on File: New York)

    4. The German explorer Paul Gussfeldt undertook the first recorded attempt to climb the Aconcagua in 1833, approaching the summit up to 500 m. (Source: NASA)

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      1. The first measurement of the mountain was carried out by Charles Darwin in 1835 during the Beagle trips. (Source: NASA)

      2. The Swiss climber Matthias Zurbriggen succeeded in the aconcagua's successful first ascent on January 14, 1897. (Source: RJ Secor. (1999) Aconcagua: A Climbing Guide. Mountainers Books: Seattle)

      3. The Briton Edward Fitzgerald headed the successful expedition, but did not manage to reach the summit himself, even though he had undertaken at least eight attempts between December 1896 and February 1897. (Source: RJ Secor. (1999). Aconcagua: A Climbing Guide. Mountainers Books: Seattle)

      4. At that time it was the highest peak in the world that has been climbed to this day. (Source: British Mountainering Council)

      5. The highest gallery for contemporary art in the world is located on the Aconcagua. Nautilus is located in the basic camp Plaza de Mulas at 4,300 m (14,107 ft) and is an art gallery in tents with works by the local artist Miguel Doura. (Source: Guinness World Records)

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        1. In December 2019, the Czech Skyrunner Martin Zhor set a new record for the fastest ascent and descent of the Aconcagua. He completed the return trip from the base camp in just 3 hours, 38 minutes and 17 seconds. (Source: Planet Mountain)

        2. 1944 the French Adriana Bance as the first woman as the first woman. Tragically, she and her husband later died on the mountain. (Source: Joy Logan. (2011). Aconcagua: The Invention of Mountainering on America’s Highest Peak. University of Arizona Press: Tucson)

        3. 1947 disappeared a British aircraft, which allegedly had Nazi spies and a load of gold on board, mysterious way near Aconcagua. In 1999, wreckage was discovered 100 km away on a mountain called Tupungato. Despite extensive investigations, the riddle about the gold, the spies and a cryptic morse code message that was sent shortly before the crash remains unresolved. Much of the debris remains hidden in glaciers. (Source: The Guardian)

        4. aconcagua occurred in a Disney animation called Pedro in 1942. Pedro, a "baby plane", almost crashes into aconcagua while transporting mail over the Andes while he covers his father, "with a cold was in the cylinder head". (Source: IMDB)

        5. In January 2009 there were five deaths in Aconcagua in four different incidents. It is unusual that so many people die on the aconcagua in such a short time, and the events sent shock waves through the local community. (Source: Outside Magazine)

        6. one of these deaths was that of the Italian Federico Campanini. It was controversial that video material was uploaded online that a team of rescuers showing that try to help Campanini. Campanini's father sued the rescuers on the grounds that they hadn't done enough for his son. The case was rejected. (Source: National Geographic)

        7. 1985 founded mountaineers mumified remains of a seven -year -old boy at the Aconcagua at 5,300 m (17,400 ft). His body was wrapped in fabric and surrounded by six small statues. It is believed that the boy was a child's victim. During the rule of the Incas, children were sometimes brought to high mountain peaks, where they were killed or left to die. (Source: BBC News)

        8. In 2019, Airbus landed an H145 helicopter at the summit of Aconcagua. This was the first time in history that a two -engine helicopter had ended up in such a height. (Source: Airbus)

        9. The notoriously unpredictable weather on the aconcagua is still worsened by the relative removal of the summit to the equator. The further away from the equator, the thinner the earth's atmosphere becomes. Therefore, the effects of the height are extreme and the weather is more inconsistent. (Source: Jim Ryan. (2018). Trekking Aconcagua and the Southern Andes. Cicerone: Kendal)

        10. The youngest person who climbed the Aconcagua was the nine -year -old young Tyler Armstrong. He climbed the mountain with his father Kevin Armstrong and Tibetan Sherpa Lhawang Dhondup. (Source: BBC News)

        11. The oldest person who has climbed the Aconcagua was Scott Lewis, who reached the summit in 2007 at the age of 87. (Source: Irish Independent)

        12. There are no official statistics, but it is assumed that over 100 people have died in trying to climb aconcagua. (Source: BBC News)

        13. Finally, one of the most interesting facts about Aconcagua is that, depending on the season, winter piling in the Himalaya and Karakorum Mountains take place in Asia and that the summit times on the aconcagua typically match the night time in Nepal and Pakistan, it is likely that he or she is the highest person will be on earth. (Source: The Independent)

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