Want to tick off an epic adventure? Why not summit one of the 7 highest peaks in the world? In this video Rolfe Oostra captures what it's like to climb Aconcagua from landing at the airport to sharing hugs at the top.
This is a great video, but you should probably reconsider the caption-- it's not one of the 7 highest peaks in the world. It's the highest in South America, which puts it on the "7 Summits" list, but the 7 tallest are all in Nepal/Tibet/Pakistan.
TheInfamousRinny Mt. Everest has 8848 meters with a PROMINENCE of 8848...K2 the "second" tallest mountain has a height of 8611 but a PROMINENCE of 4017 meters. Learn your facts body... Mount Aconcagua has a height of 6962 meters and a PROMINENCE of 6962 meters and it is the tallest peak in every continent except Asia and the second tallest peak with the second PROMINENCE and ISOLATION...
It is the highest summit of the southern and western hemispheres, the highest on Earth after the Himalayas (Asia) system and not only the highest in South America but in all of America.
+Zule Brandan himalaya is not the only range in Asia karakoram range has the second highest peak (k2) and after himalayan karakoram range the highest peak is tririch mir (7400ish meteres ) of the Hindu kush in Asia
I recently summited Kilimanjaro and am taking a team with me to climb again in Summer 2016. I thoroughly enjoyed it, i'm not someone who's dream is to climb Everest or anything but I really love adventure, as someone who has only really done Kili, Snowdon and just usual UK hills is this something that is achievable?
Felicitaciones !!! La trepada por el Glaciar de los Polacos es más bonita. Yo hice la travesía desde Punta de Vacas, cumbre, Plaza de Mulas y Puente del Inca. Abrazos.
This mountain is so sick! I did the Kilimanjaro this year (March) hopefully i can experience this mountain too and ofcourse make my own video about it just like i did with the Kilimanjaro:D! Oohw btw sick video:D
Its funny, i did ascend Kilimanjaro in March aswell! And made a video from the trip. AND i really want to ascend Aconcagua! Cool video you made from Kilimanjaro :)
the highest altutude I reached to was 5000 meters in Ecuador, Chimborazo (not the peak) and it was fucking cold, how is the cold at 7000 meters at Aconcagua?
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The Chimborazo is actually 6,263 m high. By the way, did you know that "its summit is the farthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's center"? So, if you went to the top of that mountain, you were the highest living creature on Earth, which also means the closest creature to space ;-)
