The Aconcagua (6962 mts), the roof of America and a myth of the ascent. Since Mathias Zurbriggen "crown him on 14 January 1897, there have been many brave souls who have completed this colossus, but which some describe as little brother of the great peaks that lie between the Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountain ranges, the system of the Himalayas.

Entering from the Aconcagua Provincial Park, we can decide which will be our ascent route, Cerro Aconcagua, the traditional route of ascent, with a medium-high difficulty and whose starting point is the Plaza de Mulas, or face south, the fearsome ascent with departure from the Plaza Francia. This was used by the Swiss Zurbriggen in his successful first summit. The basis of Plaza Francia is located at 4200 meters above sea level, this ascent via the south of the Aconcagua, is more vertical, and runs between spectacular glaciers, and river trailhead.

The traditional route, starting with base at Plaza de Mulas, has a much larger influx, is the busiest, the lowest difficulty acting powerful magnet, the passing of this tour is their first stop at the shelter "Antarctica" ruinous and without any use, above a crowd going to find better shelter, and widely used by climbers as a rest area and supplies. The shelter "Independence", located at 6250 meters, is the last stop for cover before facing the long final stretch, bridging a gap of almost 40th mts, we are in what they call "the trough", is an extension of rocks that provide little stability, and which are quite frequent falls and bone injuries, to take account of the constant winds that often sweep the area of the southern route of ascent, it can make us believe that the driving range is greater than it is in fact contributing the experts as you know, a wind chill well below the actual thermometer.

The danger of this "southern route", or traditional, lies in the relative ease, "to approach the summit, with an inexperienced climber can be found, and this sometimes leads to underestimate the dangers of a real summit delicate, more than 40 people have died trying to climb this, at least in theory, easier or less dangerous route.

On the descent towards the first shelters, located approximately at 5800 meters, one must exercise caution, disorientation is common, especially in poor visibility, a relatively common here, the loss and falls were the order of the day, ultimately, Aconcagua, South America mythical peak, maintains an aura of challenge and difficulty at the highest level, something is one of the most attacked of the world summit.