Thank you so much for the quality and the deep details! It gives me a really immersive sense of the expedition, I will decide for o more independent way to climb but your content was one of the best that I've been seeing on youtube!! Congrats
Thank you so much for the kind words!! I tend to modestly agree :-) As am not a mountaineer but a bloody mountain tourist I had no clue what would be involved. I watched some 50 videos but not a single one was showing the difficult parts you usually only read about. I took it as challenge and trained hard to have reserves for the movie production work where others can barely brief. YES, you could do it even alone. During expedition we meet couple of unguided groups. Probably most impressive were two ladies pushing from high camp 2 right ot the top and back in one day :-) Have you noticed the link to my website? Probably you don't need it, but might be interesting though. aconcagua-preparation.eu/
@@peternews007 Yes, I saw it and your gear list was very helpfull and take away some question that I have. One point that I did not understand was why you use a Sunnto and a Garmin watch, the garmin watch batery survive to the cold? I am thinking about using a garmin instinct solar watch, as my GPS, Altimeter, Barometer and oximeter, I know that is not the best way... My real worry is if the battery even full charge will survive. What you think about?
@@raphaelsuwwan2573 I Fully share your concerns. Driven by the same I left my apple watch at home. I have been using two rather legacy watches. The Suunto Core was an absolute dumb (no GPS, not online, no external sensors) It served as barometric altimeter and thermometer (hanging in the tent during nights and attached to my gear during hike. The old and bulky Garmin 310XT was good enough to record the 14h summit day gps track together with my heart rate (chest belt, not these fancy and energy hungry optical sensors) My recommendation looking forward: In rough environment and in particular in a non guided expedition I would personally get a proper/robust standalone GPS device. My greatest "worst case fear" on such mountains would be whiteout where you don't see your own hand but need to navigate back to your tent safely.
Many thanks for this kind feedback and the appreciation. As I wrote in the description I am not a mountaineer but just a bloody mountain tourist. After Kilimanjaro (well: for me somehow just an easy hike...) I had greatest respect for this next project. I had no clue what is in solved in such an 7k expedition. I watched 50+ different videos but never found everything I was looking for to imagine how it could be and prepare myself. So I started my training with 2 objectives: 1) carry my stuff alone and reach the summit 2) produce the most comprehensive and cool Aconcagua video on TH-cam. I took me 3 months of post processing.... Well, here it is. I am glad that you like it :-) you might want to check out especially my commented gear list at www.aconcagua-preparation.eu
@@peternews007 thank your for your details response? what online blogs/videos/resources did you use for your climb? Also, I hope you do Vinson Massif in Antarctica next year or maybe even Elbrus or Denali!
@@metarus208 I started research and preparation more than 4 years ago. At that time I probably consumed all English, German, Polish and some Spanish Aconcagua TH-cam videos and couple of web pages I found. I have no big plans for now. I don't want to go for long expeditions any more because I don't want to level the family behind for many weeks. My next project might be a more technical but not so high peak which does not require a lot of acclimatization.
Many thanks for your kind feedback! Are you planing to go there? Have you noticed the info cards leading to my webpage aconcagua-preparation.eu the commented gear list might be useful as well.
There's much less ice and snow than I thought there would be. It's quite warm there. That's an impressive hike. It's the highest point on Earth outside of Asia, and you can see! With that view from the summit, it's obvious you're very high above everything else around. But they gave you a can of Coca-Cola when you returned to base camp! It should be beer!
Your video is jam-packed full of useful information that an aspiring Aconcagua climber would need. My friends and I climbed in Feb 2016 via the Polish Traverse route and seem to have had quite a different experience from your group (more remote/isolated) so it was good to see such a detailed account of the Normal route. We didn't have camper beds at any point - Confluencia camp seems luxurious! Thanks so much for sharing your expedition experience.
Hey I'm gonna add my little comment here too. First because the video was great and the little effects and add-ons just makes it much more fun to watch. Also was very smart to put the subtitles. Second, the fact that you answer pretty much every single comment here talks about the kind of person you are. Super nice guy. And third but not least I'm from Argentina, as a matter of fact I was born in Mendoza, just been leaving in the US for 20 years now. I'm glad that you guys made it, had a good experience out of it and left with a smile. Thumbs up all the way!
hehe, yes I have been answering all comments within hours or few days and forgot to say thank you for such a nice one. (palm face on me!) We all wish that we could have spent more time in Mendoza and Argentina. I might come back with family again! Stay safe!
Congrats! Great video! I have reached the summit of Aconcagua on 6 Jan 2017, too! It was so windy we spend extra 2 nights in Camp 2, and only 2 people from our group of 8 managed to reach the summit.
+pkaczyn Congrats on summiting under difficult circumstances! We have been enjoying extraordinary good weather, that why I have been able to capture so many nice pictures :-))
Many thanks for taking time to leave your feedback here. After my return I created this web page. I hope that you will find even more Information there: aconcagua-preparation.eu/
Great job, Peter! I´ve been only upto Nido de Condores in 2009. Your documentary succeeds in showing clearly how it is for a "normal" person to climb Aconcagua. Congratulations!
How on earth can somebody dislike this video? This was an awesome expedition, very well made. The video is funny all the time and still very informative. Congratulations guys, you did it!
Thank you for the kind feedback!! There will be always some unhappy "competitors" I guess... As long no one leaves a real negative comment I am proud and don't care :-) Do you plan to climb or have you been there already?
I would love but I'm in your land! I live in Germany near Stuttgart. I'm planning to climb some peaks here in Europe for now, I have to convince my german girl to fall in love to the world of mountaineering hehe. I did try Huayna Potosi some ten years ago, but the whole organization of that trip was simply amateur. There are many good guides in the Andes but you have to know them previously, we had poor acclimatization and old gear... It was terrible. I might go back there to finish the job :) By the way I'm Brazilian, but I got Glas "klar" everything you've said in German!
Many thanks for you very kind feedback!! Do you plan to go there as well? If yes my web page with even more information might be very usefull. aconcagua-preparation.eu/
@@peternews007 Thank you friend! We will be posting everything on our channel. Before Aconcagua, we go to Cerro Plata and after, while my husband is trying to make the summit of Aconcagua, I go to the place where the Uruguayan plane crashed in the 70s, near Mendoza. Thanks for listening.
Nice vid and from my personal experience summiting some of the lower mountains in the area, you had really good weather. Normally one can expect much harsher climate. If conditions were like in the video I'd even do an attempt at sky running it in trail running shoes from camp Canada (high camp 1). Of course that isn't anything a tourist can accomplish, only those that are fortunate enough to live here and run these mountains every week. Good job por hacer cumbre and for the really well-made video. For those wondering: On video it always looks a lot less steep than it really is, this is by no means easy.
TBasianeyes Thanks for kind feedback! You are right - we were absolutely lucky with the weather! I personally was expecting and even a bit hoping for more difficult conditions to test myself and for the movie :-)) I could also imagine to “run” such a mountain one day...
Very little snow in this vid. We had far more, not as many folks about then, did summit day from lower down, not much rest on top. This looks well organised, well supplied, good acclimatisation and the medical checks look reassuring too. It's a big deal, not at all easy, and those who make it can feel a real sense of achievement. Great video, well done.
Many thanks for your kind comment. As non of us in the group was a mountaineer - rather I call myself a buddy mountain tourist - it felt exactly as you described. And we did not expect that much of a "luxury camping and service" but we appreciated at the end :-)
I am glad to hear that it helps. I had no clue before I went and watched tons of videos. Please check out my web page as well. Http://Aconcagua-preparation.eu I I have commented my gear list after return.
Peter, from which day/month did you start your climb? Weather seems very good. How did you recharge all your goPro and phone batteries > 5500 meters? Every of our iphones Samsumg / Cameras' battery flat on Kili summit last week, except for 1 : ( How did you shoot the Uno game from the top? Nice.
Yes! The weather has been exceptionally good from Jan 9th until Jan 24th. An Anker PowerCore 20100mAh (amzn.to/2yASGkg) served as my power source above Base camp. Two of my fellows had a solar panel like this (amzn.to/2yBFzz0). Other than on Kill you have plenty of time to charge. Next time I would definitely take such a solar panel with me. All time lapse scenes (Uno, eating, Landscape in C2) have been shot with a GoPro Hero4 (amzn.to/2wqOVwN) on a GorillaPod (amzn.to/2xKfazP) + Flow Mow (amzn.to/2xKQAPw) - no batteries needed :-))
Many thanks for your kind feedback! Don't stop working, dreaming and start training for it at a certain point in time. It took me four years to get there. You can read a bit about my preparation here: aconcagua-preparation.eu
Well done guys. I’ve done EBC + Mt. Kilimanjaro and this looks another step up. The views were great, and the video of how slow you were walking is a reminder of the amount of breathing needed. 👍
we really enjoyed your documentary, really raw and down to earth footage and enjoyed watching it, can we ask what the name of the tour guide company is? we really want to go there
Many thanks for your kind feedback!!! I don’t want to publish the name / URL here. For guide company’s name please hit the pause button at second 18 in the movie :-)) With this you will find it easily on google. It is one of the bigger local companies. They have a lot of international customers.
amazing video, very good editing. Im from Córdoba, Argentina. i´ve been on the base camp of aconcagua (plaza de mulas) with a group of friends. It was my first "real" experience on hiking/mount climbing. 3 months prior to the "excursion" i started training harder on the gym (more aerobics, cardio, etc) and doing 4 climbs to champaquí mountain (the highest mountain on my province, around 3000m). I though it was going to be easy. I was very wrong hahaha. I arrived there with my last breath hahaha. That was on 22 of december of last year (for my birthday). Now im training very hard for january next year, when i will try to reach the summit. Im a big guy, 1,86m and 86kg, so... my legs and lungs have to be up to task.
You seam to be very ambitious and dedicated - on top you take things easy - that's important in case of failure ;-) If you won't rush next year you will be able to make it!! Plan enough time for teh expedition, do Cerro Bonete, etc. Always remember that the body can not be really trained for the high altitude. But it can acclimatize if you give it enough time! Nevertheless keep going with the hard training. It will give your confidence and the fact that you did a lot will make you mentally stronger. Similar as you I personally could not train above 3.000m. But I have been hiking on smaller hills (up and down as much as I could carrying a backpack with up to 30kg (water bottles :). Maybe you saw my web page already?! There I describe my "mental training for Aconcagua" aconcagua-preparation.eu Good luck!!!
I would never have thought you would have had bare ground all the way to the summit! It looks as though the crampons were almost a waste of time, given how little snow there was.
Great movie! Do you remember at 4000-5000-6000m what O2 saturation you had? And around what number doctors didnt recomend go further in altitude? Thanks a lot
Many thanks for your Feedback! As you can see at Minute 10:45 the saturation in the base camp has been around 80. Under normal circumstances they would be given you oxygen at hospital with that value ;-) But at the mountain that’s OK as long no other symptoms occur. As far I remember it hast been always oscillating around this value as the body gets used to it and the saturation improves over time which kind of compensates for the higher altitude during the expedition. I believe that a saturation go/nogo value was never mentioned by the doctors and guides.
Very good job with this video! Thanks a lot and congratulations for making it to the top. I wish you climbed more mountains such as Denali and Everest because I would like to check such videos before I do those climbs.
Sure! All of us in the group were rather tourists than mountaineers. That’s why a guided tour was the only (safe) option. And the guides looked well after us.
That’s true! Mendoza depends on supply from glacier water from Andes. However the local guides explicitly talk about it. Environmental protection is an important chapter during the team briefing prior departure. Also the park administration is extremely keen on environmental protection. They use the helicopter to pick up the human waste from base camp! The mountaineers have to collect their human waste in bags and bring it back. The advantage of organized/guided tours like ours is that porters from the guiding company collect the human waste and bring it back. Our group did not leave the smallest piece of garbage on the mountain.
@@peternews007 Congrats Master for his excellent and very useful information on everything (equipment, training ect. ect) Very well explained !!!! CHAPEAU !!!!!! I am a mountaineer, and I study the history of mountaineering (I would like to climb Aconcagua, but I have other climbing plans in the Mont Blanc group) However you have done a very excellent job !!!!!! Kind regards and best wishes.
@@luigibenignochiappero5589 Thank you again. I am not a mountaineer but a bloody mountain tourist :-) However me and some of my Aconcagua buddies (btw: some new friendships since that time!!) would like to attempt Mount Blanc as well. So if you have some plans or even tips I would be glad to learn more. Take care!
Who was your guide service, they seemed outstanding. I'll be doing some climbing in the Cascades over the next two years but my hope is to do either Aconcagua or Island Peak by 2022...it's largely going to boil down to finances -__-
Yes, we all have been happy with the guides and the logistics. You can see the name of the company here th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.html and here th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.htmlm37s.
Don't be fooled by "basically it's a steep trek". This is true but Aconcagua is a serious mountain. If you look after yourself, take it seriously, acclimatise and eat and drink well, you'll give yourself a good chance. But don't be surprised if some of your companions don't make it. It's a tough journey and altitude sickness is a real risk. Yes I have done it. Those solar-powered showers weren't there when we went 16 years ago!
@@peternews007 I dont need to i was already with You 🏞️. Just kiding i am to big woman and not in good condition at all... bad knee, and spine... But i love nature and respect evry aspect of it. Waiting for more lovely movies From You🌼. Ines
Many thanks for your kind feedback! 2017 the guys in my group including myself payed between 3-4kUSD (+official permit ~800USD). At the end it depends on how early you book and how busy season is. We went in main January season. They are many local good companies. When I did my research the prises were more or less the same for all of them. Also the service packages are very similar.
You are right! according to our guides we enjoyed extraordinary good and warm weather conditions all time. This has been my first experience with Crampons ever! I could not imagine to walk on rocks. But is was surprisingly easy (not good for the material though) But the thing is that it would simply consume too much time for the whole group to take them on/off for each snow/ice pad.
Hi Peter, really really nice video. I have just one funny question. Why did you put shot on tatratea 52 at the beginning of subtitles (41:22)? It is very special alcohol from Slovakia and I always take one bottle for all my climbing expedition all around the world for summit celebration. I have never seen it outside of Slovakia.
Great documentary!! I have also claimed Kili and looking forward to going higher! l plan to be on or near the summit of Aconcagua on my 50th birthday! Loved your video mi amigo!!
peternews007 need to wait until my daughter is old enough for Acc. I've done Kili once and did it again with her but the weather on summit night put paid to that. Safety first - I'd have been in trouble if I brought her back home broken!
Great vid thanks! Doing this in December 2018... this is the best vid I've seen documenting the hiking etc. Cheers. We're going with Inka too and it seems like they did well with you.
Thanks for your kind feedback. I recorded the GPS track with my Garmin running watch. Animations were made with MXActivityMover and Movescount App for iOS #SuuntoClimb. Today I would probably use the Relive App :-)
Great video, thanks. I did Everest Base Camp in 2017, 8 days up and 3 days back but this looks very daunting and seems like you need to be superfit. Did the guys who dropped out do so because of AMS or some other reason? Going to do Kilimanjaro in January 2019 and if I make that short trek, I will plan for Aconcagua so this video was a valuable reality check between a trek and a climb.
The two guys who did not summit are doing well an still climb (smaller) mountains :-)) 1st decided to not push further after we summited Mt. Bonete (5000m) . In my exes he was well trained. He said that he drops out for "mental reasons". He joined another INKA group who descended next day to Penitentes and went back to Mendoza - without extra cost. 2nd stayed with us up to Camp 2. But his body was simply not adopting quickly enough - he had hard times from beginning on. In Camp 2 he joined another descending group. But he decided to wait for us and spend few relaxing days mingling with the staff in the base camp. You can see how happy he was at 36:03min in the film :-) th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.htmlm4s Make sure that you book at least a seven days track on Kili.
I have not been to EBC. I would not even call me a mountaineer. Kili and Aconcagua have been my only two >3k mountain "adventures". My personal experience and the observation of my fellow climbers confirm what I have learned through theoretical research. You can not really train for altitude. The only effective way to help the body and increase the probability success is to give the body enough time for adaption. The first two days at Kili are brutal a "catapult start" from hotel at 800m to camp 2 at 4.000m (Machme Route). The way to Aconcagua base camp is a "soft start" compared to it :-) I did Kili in 6 days. (4,5 up and 1,5 down) As my body adopted quickly that was an easy walk for me. My friend suffered a lot from 4k to the top showing many AMS symptoms. At the end he made it to Stella Point (5.739m) only. We joined me also on Aconcagua and brought back a summit picture from that mountain. He was not enjoying as much as I did and he did not have any reserves (i.e for harder weather conditions) but he managed it! I really recommend to invest the time and money in "acclimatization days" as much as you can. Or even nicer: you do some other 4-5k mountain right before the Aconcagua trip... You can find a little bit more reading about my preparation in my blog aconcagua-preparation.eu/
Aconcagua is steeper in many places than Kili but the final bit of Kili is taxing and if you do the so-called "tourist route" you only get a day for acclimatisation. I'd pick a different route if doing Kili again. This climb seemed to have been well organised to give everyone a fighting chance of the summit. Sure, fitness is important but eating, drinking and resting well are just as important. A bit of fat won't harm you. I've seen really fit and lean people keel over with altitude sickness. The key is to climb slowly and deliberately with an even pace.
Thank you very much for your Kind feedback! I invested a lot of time in this video production. The guys in my group including myself payed between 3-4kUSD (+official permit ~800USD) 5 years ago. At the end it depends on how early you book and how busy season is. They are many local good companies. When I did my research the prises were more or less the same for all of them. Also the service packages are very similar.
Muchas gracias por la feedback! Yes, I think that you could climb just with one partner. We met 2 girls in Camp 2 who just returned from the summit. The did it unguided and much faster than we. But they were more experienced, acclimatized on other mountains and took some medicine... The girls booked an Inka porter for descend support from Camp 2.
I don’t want to publish the name / URL here. For guide company’s name please hit the pause button at second 18 in the movie :-)) With this you will find it easily on google. It is one of the bigger local companies. They have a lot of international customers. The guys in my group including myself payed between 3-4k USD + official permit ~800 USD 2 years ago. I personally had to add 500 USD for rental of gear in Mendoza and the intercontinental flights from Europe. At the end it depends on how early you book and how busy season is. They are many good local companies. When I did my research the prizes were more or less the same for all of them. Also the service packages are very similar.
Great documentary guys! I have a question, what can you tell me about the fitness levels required for the climb? Is there any standard that you could recommend as to what level you need to be on and how you prepared physically for the challenge? Cheers
Many thanks for your kind feedback and the great question. I believe that my web page will provide quite some answers. aconcagua-preparation.eu/ if you have more just shout.
@@peternews007 awesome thank you! I'm going in the end of January and want to see if I'm on the right track with my prep. Will study your page thoroughly. Cheers man!
@@andreweyher6806 The good news is that the normalroute is not technical at all. The good AND bad news is: The ability to acclimatize is absolutely individual, not related to once physical fitness and also cannot be really trained. Good luck! I would be glad to hear how it went. Or even see a video?
@@peternews007 I was on Kilimanjaro 2 years ago and had a small headache and some mental effects on the way to the summit but they passed quite quickly. When I was on the summit I didn't feel any altitude sickness so I should be able to make it to Nido de Condores at least I hope 😀
Visually nice and appreciate the video. It would be very nice to have some commentary to add to it. Sadly missing as it must have been an amazing experience with lots to say.
Indeed! It has been THE adventure of our lives for most of us. As it has been my first video of tha scale your comment about the commentary is truly valid. I will consider it for the next adventure.
This is absolutely the best Aconcagua video I've seen, congratulations. It is very useful for me as I depart for Argentina on Friday and start my attempt on Tuesday. One question about the climbing fee - can you pay by credit card or must it be by cash?
Please someone call me ignorant if I am with what I’m about to say but this doesn’t look all that tough or am I missing something? Seems like if you are in good cardiovascular shape and plan out the acclimation properly, should be doable for a beginner. Again if I’m missing something please tell me. Also this is an awesome video, don’t take what I’m saying as a shot at them.
Thank you for your feedback and comment. I agree! That’s what I am saying to everybody. I trained a lot physically and mentally - checkout my website: aconcagua-preparation.eu. Fitness helps but will not bring you to the top alone. On such technically not spectacular mountains you often see experienced ultra-marathon runners who fail miserably and chubby chain smokers who summit successfully. The ability to acclimatize is absolutely individual, not related to once physical fitness and also cannot be trained. Time for adaptation is the most important factor as you say.
Thank you for all this advices. That is a good sharing of Mountain experience, very helpful. How much it cost only with local good companies you're talking about in comments please ?
The guys in my group including myself payed between 3-4kUSD (+official permit ~800USD) 2 years ago. I personally had to add 500USD for rental of gear in Mendoza and the intercontinental flights from Europe. At the end it depends on how early you book and how busy season is. They are many local good companies. When I did my research the prizes were more or less the same for all of them. Also the service packages are very similar.
Hey, I summited in February 2017, amazing experience. I was the youngest this year at 14 years old and summited doing the Polish Traverse routes. What mountains are you planning to do next?
This is the second video I have seen of Inka on Aconcagua and they seem like they run a highly skilled and professional business. I am hoping to climb sometime in 2020, and I'd like to climb with a local guide company to support local economy, my only concern is international logistics considering I'm coming from the states. How were they at communicating during the planning process? Would you recommend them?
How are you? I guess that Covid made changing your plans? Yes, Inka is a good partner. They serve many international customers. The ladies in the office are very responsive and speak perfect English. It took me only a few emails to get the deal done.
I went there to summit AND to make the coolest Aconcagua video on TH-cam! Thanks for your feedback :) You ask a good question! The two guys who did not summit are doing well an still climb (smaller) mountains :-)) 1st decided to not push further after we summited Mt. Bonete (5000m) . He joined another INKA group who descended next day to Penitentes and to Mendoza - without extra cost. 2nd stayed with the group up to Camp 2. But his body was simply not adopting quickly enough - he had hard times from beginning on. In Camp 2 he joined another descending group. But he decided to wait for us and spend few relaxing day mingling with the staff in the base camp. You can see how happy he was at 36:03min in the film :-) th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.htmlm4s
Thank you for the fast reply and update! I'm glad they are both okay and it was nice to see that the guy who had to retire after camp 2 seemingly enjoyed himself greatly and was very happy for the success of his teammates. I guess it was true when it said that you started as individuals but ended up very much as a group of friends :)
In the future I hope to yes :) Unfortunately it will be many years from now at least. My dream is to one day climb Everest but currently I am a poor student with not much income. Once I graduate and get a proper job I will save my money to allow me to go on expeditions to these wonderful mountains! I would probably start with something like Kilimanjaro, then move on to European mountains like Mont Blanc or Elbrus, then Aconcagua and probably Denali before finally being competent enough to take on the Himalayas :)
Interessantes Video. Technisch eher ein unschwieriger Berg aber die Höhe und Kälte machen zu schaffen oder? Auf der Höhe hat man bestimmt schon die ein oder anderen Kopfschmerzen? Mein höchster Berg war eine Wanderung auf 3.500 . Da war die Höhe noch kein Problem
Frank Thelen. Ja, Kopfschmerzen sind in der Regel die ersten Symptome der Höhenkrankheit. Ich selbst hatte auch Kopfschmerzen beim Besteigen der Zugspitze auf von 800hm auf 3000hm :-) Das lag an dem schnellen Aufstieg innerhalb von 8h. Mehr Kopfschmerzen als am Aconcagua hatte ich am ersten Tag bei der Kilimanjaro Besteigung... Dort wird man buchstäblich von 770hm (Hotel) auf 3.000m (Camp 1) an einem halben Tag katapultiert... Der Aconcagua wird viel „langsamer“ bestiegen...
Hey. Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome video. I want to clim Aconcagua one day and videos like this are a massive help to understand what to expect. I don't think it said what time of year you guys where there. When was that?
Hi! Nice video, with a lot of information and really funny. With my son we want to climb Aconcagua on next year. I have a question. Do you have the GPS recording? And if you do, it is possible for you to send it to me? Any means would be great and I´d appreciate it!
Yes, I will be happy to share my GPS data. Please give me time until the end of the year. I am building a website where you will be able to download the GPS tracks :-)
Hello friends!! How good the video. I loved it!! I have a question. How much was the cost of the expedition / adventure? I'm interested to do it. Thanks again for sharing the video. greetings to all!!
It's great that you like it! The guys in my group including myself payed between 3-4kUSD (+official permit ~800USD) one year ago. At the end it depends on how early you book and how busy season is. They are many local good companies. When I did my research the prizes were more or less the same for all of them. Also the service packages are very similar. When do you want to go?
Congratulations for your achievement and thank you for this wonderful documentary! I was able to have a better understanding of the whole process, including the logistics and challenges involved. I was wondering, how much technical, mental and physical skills do I need to accomplish a challenge like this? How much experience did you had prior to this summit? Best regards, Gui!
Many thanks, for your kind feedback. I am always glad to see that the effort I spent with the movie pays off. Probably I have been in the same situation as you prior to my adventure. As a bloody mountain tourist I had simply no clue what's involved in such an expedition. After my return I created this web page. I hope that you will find even more answers there: aconcagua-preparation.eu/
Thank you so much for the quality and the deep details! It gives me a really immersive sense of the expedition, I will decide for o more independent way to climb but your content was one of the best that I've been seeing on youtube!! Congrats
Thank you so much for the kind words!!
I tend to modestly agree :-) As am not a mountaineer but a bloody mountain tourist I had no clue what would be involved. I watched some 50 videos but not a single one was showing the difficult parts you usually only read about. I took it as challenge and trained hard to have reserves for the movie production work where others can barely brief.
YES, you could do it even alone. During expedition we meet couple of unguided groups. Probably most impressive were two ladies pushing from high camp 2 right ot the top and back in one day :-) Have you noticed the link to my website? Probably you don't need it, but might be interesting though. aconcagua-preparation.eu/
@@peternews007 Yes, I saw it and your gear list was very helpfull and take away some question that I have. One point that I did not understand was why you use a Sunnto and a Garmin watch, the garmin watch batery survive to the cold? I am thinking about using a garmin instinct solar watch, as my GPS, Altimeter, Barometer and oximeter, I know that is not the best way... My real worry is if the battery even full charge will survive. What you think about?
@@raphaelsuwwan2573 I Fully share your concerns. Driven by the same I left my apple watch at home. I have been using two rather legacy watches. The Suunto Core was an absolute dumb (no GPS, not online, no external sensors) It served as barometric altimeter and thermometer (hanging in the tent during nights and attached to my gear during hike. The old and bulky Garmin 310XT was good enough to record the 14h summit day gps track together with my heart rate (chest belt, not these fancy and energy hungry optical sensors)
My recommendation looking forward:
In rough environment and in particular in a non guided expedition I would personally get a proper/robust standalone GPS device.
My greatest "worst case fear" on such mountains would be whiteout where you don't see your own hand but need to navigate back to your tent safely.
Wow! The most comprehensive documentary of Aconcagua ascent. Good Job
Thanks! Maybe it's not perfect but I did the best I could :)
Simply the best Aconcagua climb and camp facilities video!
Many thanks for this kind feedback and the appreciation. As I wrote in the description I am not a mountaineer but just a bloody mountain tourist.
After Kilimanjaro (well: for me somehow just an easy hike...) I had greatest respect for this next project. I had no clue what is in solved in such an 7k expedition. I watched 50+ different videos but never found everything I was looking for to imagine how it could be and prepare myself. So I started my training with 2 objectives: 1) carry my stuff alone and reach the summit 2) produce the most comprehensive and cool Aconcagua video on TH-cam. I took me 3 months of post processing.... Well, here it is. I am glad that you like it :-) you might want to check out especially my commented gear list at www.aconcagua-preparation.eu
@@peternews007 thank your for your details response? what online blogs/videos/resources did you use for your climb? Also, I hope you do Vinson Massif in Antarctica next year or maybe even Elbrus or Denali!
@@metarus208 I started research and preparation more than 4 years ago. At that time I probably consumed all English, German, Polish and some Spanish Aconcagua TH-cam videos and couple of web pages I found.
I have no big plans for now. I don't want to go for long expeditions any more because I don't want to level the family behind for many weeks.
My next project might be a more technical but not so high peak which does not require a lot of acclimatization.
@@peternews007 great to hear. All the best. they will be proud that you took their photo to Mt. Aconcagua summit! muchas gracias
AGREE
Absolutely the best climbing movie with so many useful details. Thank you Peter!
Many thanks for your kind feedback! Are you planing to go there? Have you noticed the info cards leading to my webpage aconcagua-preparation.eu the commented gear list might be useful as well.
@@peternews007 Not going there, yet! Not my cup of tea...but the gear list is very helpful for other places as well.
Really great movie about going to the summit of Argentina's Aconcagua mountain. Very clear images, make you feel like you are there in person.
There's much less ice and snow than I thought there would be. It's quite warm there. That's an impressive hike. It's the highest point on Earth outside of Asia, and you can see! With that view from the summit, it's obvious you're very high above everything else around. But they gave you a can of Coca-Cola when you returned to base camp! It should be beer!
Yes, according to our guides it has been an extremely warm expedition. I personally don’t like bear :-) And they gave us sparkling wine later ;-))
Your video is jam-packed full of useful information that an aspiring Aconcagua climber would need. My friends and I climbed in Feb 2016 via the Polish Traverse route and seem to have had quite a different experience from your group (more remote/isolated) so it was good to see such a detailed account of the Normal route. We didn't have camper beds at any point - Confluencia camp seems luxurious! Thanks so much for sharing your expedition experience.
The Normal route looks very safe. I wonder whether the Polish Traverse route has any hazards.
Hey I'm gonna add my little comment here too.
First because the video was great and the little effects and add-ons just makes it much more fun to watch. Also was very smart to put the subtitles.
Second, the fact that you answer pretty much every single comment here talks about the kind of person you are. Super nice guy.
And third but not least I'm from Argentina, as a matter of fact I was born in Mendoza, just been leaving in the US for 20 years now.
I'm glad that you guys made it, had a good experience out of it and left with a smile.
Thumbs up all the way!
hehe, yes I have been answering all comments within hours or few days and forgot to say thank you for such a nice one. (palm face on me!) We all wish that we could have spent more time in Mendoza and Argentina. I might come back with family again! Stay safe!
Congrats! Great video! I have reached the summit of Aconcagua on 6 Jan 2017, too! It was so windy we spend extra 2 nights in Camp 2, and only 2 people from our group of 8 managed to reach the summit.
+pkaczyn Congrats on summiting under difficult circumstances! We have been enjoying extraordinary good weather, that why I have been able to capture so many nice pictures :-))
I like you sir, no delusions of expert Alpinist or other bs and the guides look exemplary. Great Video!
Many, many thanks for your kind feedback sir!! It is like it is :-)
I wasn't sure if this expedition would be one that I'm interested in, but after watching this, it's on the list.
I am sure you will enjoy or suffer a lot or both ;-)
Excellent video. The best I have seen so far. Well done.
Many thanks for taking time to leave your feedback here.
After my return I created this web page. I hope that you will find even more Information there: aconcagua-preparation.eu/
Great job, Peter! I´ve been only upto Nido de Condores in 2009. Your documentary succeeds in showing clearly how it is for a "normal" person to climb Aconcagua. Congratulations!
+Jose Ledesma Thank you for kind feedback! How it comes that you are still watching Aconcagua videos? Do you want to give another try?
How on earth can somebody dislike this video?
This was an awesome expedition, very well made. The video is funny all the time and still very informative.
Congratulations guys, you did it!
Thank you for the kind feedback!! There will be always some unhappy "competitors" I guess... As long no one leaves a real negative comment I am proud and don't care :-)
Do you plan to climb or have you been there already?
I would love but I'm in your land! I live in Germany near Stuttgart. I'm planning to climb some peaks here in Europe for now, I have to convince my german girl to fall in love to the world of mountaineering hehe. I did try Huayna Potosi some ten years ago, but the whole organization of that trip was simply amateur. There are many good guides in the Andes but you have to know them previously, we had poor acclimatization and old gear... It was terrible. I might go back there to finish the job :)
By the way I'm Brazilian, but I got Glas "klar" everything you've said in German!
Hi Peter, congratulations and thanks for this inspiring and motivating video.
Many thanks for you very kind feedback!! Do you plan to go there as well? If yes my web page with even more information might be very usefull. aconcagua-preparation.eu/
Argentina...simply outstanding...
What a wonderful documentary. Thank you. You guys were a great group with no personality problems. I have great admiration for doing what you did.
I appreciate you kind feedback a lot. Amassing like random guys from all other the world can team up...
Do you plan to go there a s well?
peternews007 Nope. In my next life. 😛
Wow. Congratulations. Very nice your video.
Many thanks for your kind feedback. When do you want to go there?
@@peternews007 in January 2020, but I go to Plaza de Mulas. my husband will try to summit. 🤜🤛
@@carlanog74 January is probably the best month. Wish you the same good weather as we had. You will enjoy in any case!! Good luck for your husband!
@@peternews007 Thank you friend! We will be posting everything on our channel. Before Aconcagua, we go to Cerro Plata and after, while my husband is trying to make the summit of Aconcagua, I go to the place where the Uruguayan plane crashed in the 70s, near Mendoza. Thanks for listening.
Nice vid and from my personal experience summiting some of the lower mountains in the area, you had really good weather. Normally one can expect much harsher climate.
If conditions were like in the video I'd even do an attempt at sky running it in trail running shoes from camp Canada (high camp 1). Of course that isn't anything a tourist can accomplish, only those that are fortunate enough to live here and run these mountains every week.
Good job por hacer cumbre and for the really well-made video.
For those wondering: On video it always looks a lot less steep than it really is, this is by no means easy.
TBasianeyes Thanks for kind feedback! You are right - we were absolutely lucky with the weather! I personally was expecting and even a bit hoping for more difficult conditions to test myself and for the movie :-)) I could also imagine to “run” such a mountain one day...
Very little snow in this vid. We had far more, not as many folks about then, did summit day from lower down, not much rest on top. This looks well organised, well supplied, good acclimatisation and the medical checks look reassuring too. It's a big deal, not at all easy, and those who make it can feel a real sense of achievement. Great video, well done.
Many thanks for your kind comment.
As non of us in the group was a mountaineer - rather I call myself a buddy mountain tourist - it felt exactly as you described.
And we did not expect that much of a "luxury camping and service" but we appreciated at the end :-)
Great moments to climb the Aconcagua Bravo team. love the all thing.!
Miguerl Sanchez many thanks for kind feedback!
no kidding! dont you love how nice all the guides and porters are? i wish i could pay them back in a bigger way than money.
Help em carry stuff then I guess.
Argentinians are really nice people.
Yes they really are!
Its incredible!!!!!!! Mission acomplished. Congrats for the team!!!!! Worderful experience!!!!!!!
Thank you very much for you feedback. Do you want to go as well?
Congratulations! Thank you for a fantastic video, I'm training for this mountain myself. I hope to have as successful an adventure myself.
For next season already? Fingers crossed!!
Great movie! Congratulations! Thanks for share it! From Argentina...bye!
Great video. Fabulous job up there.
Thanks!!! Do you want to go as well?
@@peternews007 In the next year or so. Your video was well put. And it gives me a great approach of what to face.
I am glad to hear that it helps. I had no clue before I went and watched tons of videos.
Please check out my web page as well. Http://Aconcagua-preparation.eu I I have commented my gear list after return.
Well done Peter! This video is really an eye opener.
Peter, from which day/month did you start your climb? Weather seems very good. How did you recharge all your goPro and phone batteries > 5500 meters? Every of our iphones Samsumg / Cameras' battery flat on Kili summit last week, except for 1 : (
How did you shoot the Uno game from the top? Nice.
Yes! The weather has been exceptionally good from Jan 9th until Jan 24th. An Anker PowerCore 20100mAh (amzn.to/2yASGkg) served as my power source above Base camp. Two of my fellows had a solar panel like this (amzn.to/2yBFzz0). Other than on Kill you have plenty of time to charge. Next time I would definitely take such a solar panel with me.
All time lapse scenes (Uno, eating, Landscape in C2) have been shot with a GoPro Hero4 (amzn.to/2wqOVwN) on a GorillaPod (amzn.to/2xKfazP) + Flow Mow (amzn.to/2xKQAPw) - no batteries needed :-))
Excellent documentary there! I would love to be there someday! Danke Schon!
Many thanks for your kind feedback! Don't stop working, dreaming and start training for it at a certain point in time. It took me four years to get there. You can read a bit about my preparation here: aconcagua-preparation.eu
Jestem dumna z ciebie! Poza tym to na prawdę twój najlepszy film! Gratulacje!
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!
I'm planning to climb this mountain around 2019
Me too haha
Binbin Xiong Have you been able to go there in the meanwhile?
Well done guys. I’ve done EBC + Mt. Kilimanjaro and this looks another step up. The views were great, and the video of how slow you were walking is a reminder of the amount of breathing needed. 👍
Great film! Thanks for sharing your awesome adventure with us.
Many thanks for your kind feedback!
we really enjoyed your documentary, really raw and down to earth footage and enjoyed watching it, can we ask what the name of the tour guide company is? we really want to go there
Many thanks for your kind feedback!!!
I don’t want to publish the name / URL here. For guide company’s name please hit the pause button at second 18 in the movie :-)) With this you will find it easily on google. It is one of the bigger local companies. They have a lot of international customers.
amazing video, very good editing. Im from Córdoba, Argentina. i´ve been on the base camp of aconcagua (plaza de mulas) with a group of friends. It was my first "real" experience on hiking/mount climbing.
3 months prior to the "excursion" i started training harder on the gym (more aerobics, cardio, etc) and doing 4 climbs to champaquí mountain (the highest mountain on my province, around 3000m). I though it was going to be easy. I was very wrong hahaha. I arrived there with my last breath hahaha.
That was on 22 of december of last year (for my birthday). Now im training very hard for january next year, when i will try to reach the summit. Im a big guy, 1,86m and 86kg, so... my legs and lungs have to be up to task.
You seam to be very ambitious and dedicated - on top you take things easy - that's important in case of failure ;-) If you won't rush next year you will be able to make it!! Plan enough time for teh expedition, do Cerro Bonete, etc. Always remember that the body can not be really trained for the high altitude. But it can acclimatize if you give it enough time! Nevertheless keep going with the hard training. It will give your confidence and the fact that you did a lot will make you mentally stronger.
Similar as you I personally could not train above 3.000m. But I have been hiking on smaller hills (up and down as much as I could carrying a backpack with up to 30kg (water bottles :). Maybe you saw my web page already?! There I describe my "mental training for Aconcagua" aconcagua-preparation.eu Good luck!!!
Truly amazing video. Thank you very much for making and sharing it with us and congratulations!
Thank you for the kind feedback!
Nice video. Did Direct Polish Glacier in 1993, no support.
Respect! You are a mountaineer - we are bloody mountain tourists.
Well done! Enjoyed your video, great summary of the journey.
Thanks :-) Do you have plans or have you been there already?
WELL DONE I WISH SOME DAY ACOMPLISHED THIS AMAZING JOURNY Great video. Probably the most deatiled video about the climbing to Aconcagua
Thank you very much! I am happy to hear, because I wanted to produce the most comprehensive Aconcagua video on TH-cam :-) Don’t stop dreaming...!!!
I would never have thought you would have had bare ground all the way to the summit! It looks as though the crampons were almost a waste of time, given how little snow there was.
Great movie! Do you remember at 4000-5000-6000m what O2 saturation you had? And around what number doctors didnt recomend go further in altitude?
Thanks a lot
Many thanks for your Feedback!
As you can see at Minute 10:45 the saturation in the base camp has been around 80. Under normal circumstances they would be given you oxygen at hospital with that value ;-) But at the mountain that’s OK as long no other symptoms occur. As far I remember it hast been always oscillating around this value as the body gets used to it and the saturation improves over time which kind of compensates for the higher altitude during the expedition. I believe that a saturation go/nogo value was never mentioned by the doctors and guides.
Fantastic video! Simply the best!
Thanks a lot! Do you want to go there?
@@peternews007 I believe it's on our list for next year -2022
@earthling You might want to have a glimpse at my website aconcagua-preparation.eu/ :-)
Felicitaciones. Muy buen trabajo. Congratulation. Greate work.
Very good job with this video! Thanks a lot and congratulations for making it to the top. I wish you climbed more mountains such as Denali and Everest because I would like to check such videos before I do those climbs.
So nice you recognize the guides Work congatulations
Sure! All of us in the group were rather tourists than mountaineers. That’s why a guided tour was the only (safe) option. And the guides looked well after us.
Going to be tough on any cities in a few years that depend on glacier water.
That’s true! Mendoza depends on supply from glacier water from Andes. However the local guides explicitly talk about it. Environmental protection is an important chapter during the team briefing prior departure. Also the park administration is extremely keen on environmental protection. They use the helicopter to pick up the human waste from base camp! The mountaineers have to collect their human waste in bags and bring it back. The advantage of organized/guided tours like ours is that porters from the guiding company collect the human waste and bring it back. Our group did not leave the smallest piece of garbage on the mountain.
CONGRATS Master!!!!! VERY INTERESTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHAPEAU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Wishes.
Many thanks for your kid comment! Do you want to go there? Have you noticed the link to my website? aconcagua-preparation.eu/
@@peternews007 Congrats Master for his excellent and very useful information on everything (equipment, training ect. ect) Very well explained !!!! CHAPEAU !!!!!!
I am a mountaineer, and I study the history of mountaineering (I would like to climb Aconcagua, but I have other climbing plans in the Mont Blanc group) However you have done a very excellent job !!!!!!
Kind regards and best wishes.
@@luigibenignochiappero5589 Thank you again. I am not a mountaineer but a bloody mountain tourist :-) However me and some of my Aconcagua buddies (btw: some new friendships since that time!!) would like to attempt Mount Blanc as well. So if you have some plans or even tips I would be glad to learn more. Take care!
This is an awesome doc. Great job and congrats!!!!! I want to experience this first hand.
Thanks for your feedback! Next season already?
Who was your guide service, they seemed outstanding. I'll be doing some climbing in the Cascades over the next two years but my hope is to do either Aconcagua or Island Peak by 2022...it's largely going to boil down to finances -__-
Yes, we all have been happy with the guides and the logistics. You can see the name of the company here th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.html and here th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.htmlm37s.
This would be the group I want to climb w/ ! Looked like a blast! Congrats& glad ya had a safe trip!
flamedancer44 Thanks! Yeah, it’s been a great team and experience :-)
Parabéns pela expedição!!! O vídeo ficou muito bom!!!
Obrigado!
Don't be fooled by "basically it's a steep trek". This is true but Aconcagua is a serious mountain. If you look after yourself, take it seriously, acclimatise and eat and drink well, you'll give yourself a good chance. But don't be surprised if some of your companions don't make it. It's a tough journey and altitude sickness is a real risk. Yes I have done it. Those solar-powered showers weren't there when we went 16 years ago!
Wow thank You so much for sharing 🌷🍀
Nesa Nesa You’re welcome 😊 Do you want to go there as well?
@@peternews007 I dont need to i was already with You 🏞️. Just kiding i am to big woman and not in good condition at all... bad knee, and spine... But i love nature and respect evry aspect of it. Waiting for more lovely movies From You🌼. Ines
Great video! I hope to climb in a few years. This is the best video I have seen about the climb! Thank you for sharing.
Great vídeo for a super activity guys thanks u for sharing ... How mucho did y pay pero perdón ?
Many thanks for your kind feedback!
2017 the guys in my group including myself payed between 3-4kUSD (+official permit ~800USD). At the end it depends on how early you book and how busy season is. We went in main January season. They are many local good companies. When I did my research the prises were more or less the same for all of them. Also the service packages are very similar.
Besti video of aconcagua, nice features!!!
Xampoo thanks! ☺️
I'm surprised by the lack of snow/ice up there. Moving over the rocks with the crampons looked pretty dicey.
You are right! according to our guides we enjoyed extraordinary good and warm weather conditions all time.
This has been my first experience with Crampons ever! I could not imagine to walk on rocks. But is was surprisingly easy (not good for the material though) But the thing is that it would simply consume too much time for the whole group to take them on/off for each snow/ice pad.
Amazing documentary! Really interesting and congratulations on reaching the summit. Maybe one day I will try it
Thank you! Once you start planing, visit my web page for more details about my preparation and gear list: aconcagua-preparation.eu/
Hi Peter, really really nice video. I have just one funny question. Why did you put shot on tatratea 52 at the beginning of subtitles (41:22)? It is very special alcohol from Slovakia and I always take one bottle for all my climbing expedition all around the world for summit celebration. I have never seen it outside of Slovakia.
Haha! One of the two Danish guys is a big fan of Tatratea and has obviously the same habit as you ;-) many thanks for watching it until the end.
Great documentary!! I have also claimed Kili and looking forward to going higher! l plan to be on or near the summit of Aconcagua on my 50th birthday! Loved your video mi amigo!!
+Joseph Repetto Good luck & take care!!
Thank you for this - great movie. It's on the list but we have some unfinished business on a certain Tanzanian mountain first...
Good luck and lots of fun in Africa, but I am sure that you will enjoy Aconcagua much more :)
peternews007 need to wait until my daughter is old enough for Acc. I've done Kili once and did it again with her but the weather on summit night put paid to that. Safety first - I'd have been in trouble if I brought her back home broken!
amazing !! I will be there on Dec.
Enjoy! Fingers crossed for good weather!
Great vid thanks! Doing this in December 2018... this is the best vid I've seen documenting the hiking etc. Cheers. We're going with Inka too and it seems like they did well with you.
John Hogan Thanks! Make sure that you enjoy it as much as we did!
Excellent video! What was the app that tracks your gps while climbing?
Thanks for your kind feedback.
I recorded the GPS track with my Garmin running watch.
Animations were made with MXActivityMover and Movescount App for iOS #SuuntoClimb.
Today I would probably use the Relive App :-)
Sehr gut! Ich soll Aco uber zwei wochen wieder versuchen. Die ersten mal hatte ich Colera bereicht. Danke Danke Danke !
Hi, wie war es? Konntest Du den Gipfel genießen?
Thanks for great and useful video! Congratulation for your success! Btw, this guy from Denmark is soo cute!
Sehr gute Dokumentation Der Fotograf Freddy ist mein Schwiegersohn, (Ich glaube ihn erkannt zu haben)
Glück gehabt ,diesen Film zufällig zu finden.
Parabéns pela grande aventura, ótimo vídeo
Obrigada!
Great video, thanks. I did Everest Base Camp in 2017, 8 days up and 3 days back but this looks very daunting and seems like you need to be superfit. Did the guys who dropped out do so because of AMS or some other reason? Going to do Kilimanjaro in January 2019 and if I make that short trek, I will plan for Aconcagua so this video was a valuable reality check between a trek and a climb.
The two guys who did not summit are doing well an still climb (smaller) mountains :-))
1st decided to not push further after we summited Mt. Bonete (5000m) . In my exes he was well trained. He said that he drops out for "mental reasons". He joined another INKA group who descended next day to Penitentes and went back to Mendoza - without extra cost.
2nd stayed with us up to Camp 2. But his body was simply not adopting quickly enough - he had hard times from beginning on. In Camp 2 he joined another descending group. But he decided to wait for us and spend few relaxing days mingling with the staff in the base camp. You can see how happy he was at 36:03min in the film :-) th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.htmlm4s
Make sure that you book at least a seven days track on Kili.
I have not been to EBC. I would not even call me a mountaineer. Kili and Aconcagua have been my only two >3k mountain "adventures". My personal experience and the observation of my fellow climbers confirm what I have learned through theoretical research. You can not really train for altitude. The only effective way to help the body and increase the probability success is to give the body enough time for adaption. The first two days at Kili are brutal a "catapult start" from hotel at 800m to camp 2 at 4.000m (Machme Route). The way to Aconcagua base camp is a "soft start" compared to it :-) I did Kili in 6 days. (4,5 up and 1,5 down) As my body adopted quickly that was an easy walk for me. My friend suffered a lot from 4k to the top showing many AMS symptoms. At the end he made it to Stella Point (5.739m) only. We joined me also on Aconcagua and brought back a summit picture from that mountain. He was not enjoying as much as I did and he did not have any reserves (i.e for harder weather conditions) but he managed it! I really recommend to invest the time and money in "acclimatization days" as much as you can. Or even nicer: you do some other 4-5k mountain right before the Aconcagua trip... You can find a little bit more reading about my preparation in my blog aconcagua-preparation.eu/
Aconcagua is steeper in many places than Kili but the final bit of Kili is taxing and if you do the so-called "tourist route" you only get a day for acclimatisation. I'd pick a different route if doing Kili again. This climb seemed to have been well organised to give everyone a fighting chance of the summit. Sure, fitness is important but eating, drinking and resting well are just as important. A bit of fat won't harm you. I've seen really fit and lean people keel over with altitude sickness. The key is to climb slowly and deliberately with an even pace.
congratulations on the climb, and great video and editing as that would have taken a lot of time.
Many thanks for your appreciation! Yes I have been working 3 months on the vid. Have you noticed my web page? aconcagua-preparation.eu
Awsome professional video and great experience all around. How much was that per person? Thanks
Thank you very much for your Kind feedback! I invested a lot of time in this video production.
The guys in my group including myself payed between 3-4kUSD (+official permit ~800USD) 5 years ago. At the end it depends on how early you book and how busy season is. They are many local good companies. When I did my research the prises were more or less the same for all of them. Also the service packages are very similar.
peternews007 You should get in touch with Netflix and sell them the video just saying.
Very nice video! What month it was?
Summit day was Jan 23rd - probably best weather ever (all time)!
excelente documental! y felicitaciones!
como veis de complicado un ascenso en pareja, solo dos personas en autosuficiencia? muy buen video
Muchas gracias por la feedback! Yes, I think that you could climb just with one partner. We met 2 girls in Camp 2 who just returned from the summit. The did it unguided and much faster than we. But they were more experienced, acclimatized on other mountains and took some medicine... The girls booked an Inka porter for descend support from Camp 2.
awesome video!
Many thanks for your kind comment!
Great video- thanks for your hard work!!! What tour company you used and how much roughly the trip cost you, thanks !!!
I don’t want to publish the name / URL here. For guide company’s name please hit the pause button at second 18 in the movie :-)) With this you will find it easily on google. It is one of the bigger local companies. They have a lot of international customers.
The guys in my group including myself payed between 3-4k USD + official permit ~800 USD 2 years ago. I personally had to add 500 USD for rental of gear in Mendoza and the intercontinental flights from Europe. At the end it depends on how early you book and how busy season is. They are many good local companies. When I did my research the prizes were more or less the same for all of them. Also the service packages are very similar.
Great documentary guys! I have a question, what can you tell me about the fitness levels required for the climb? Is there any standard that you could recommend as to what level you need to be on and how you prepared physically for the challenge? Cheers
Many thanks for your kind feedback and the great question. I believe that my web page will provide quite some answers. aconcagua-preparation.eu/ if you have more just shout.
@@peternews007 awesome thank you! I'm going in the end of January and want to see if I'm on the right track with my prep. Will study your page thoroughly. Cheers man!
@@andreweyher6806 The good news is that the normalroute is not technical at all. The good AND bad news is: The ability to acclimatize is absolutely individual, not related to once physical fitness and also cannot be really trained. Good luck! I would be glad to hear how it went. Or even see a video?
@@peternews007 I was on Kilimanjaro 2 years ago and had a small headache and some mental effects on the way to the summit but they passed quite quickly. When I was on the summit I didn't feel any altitude sickness so I should be able to make it to Nido de Condores at least I hope 😀
@@andreweyher6806 that’s a good sign! Except for the headache the Kili was like a walk through the park for me :-)
Visually nice and appreciate the video. It would be very nice to have some commentary to add to it. Sadly missing as it must have been an amazing experience with lots to say.
Indeed! It has been THE adventure of our lives for most of us. As it has been my first video of tha scale your comment about the commentary is truly valid. I will consider it for the next adventure.
This is absolutely the best Aconcagua video I've seen, congratulations. It is very useful for me as I depart for Argentina on Friday and start my attempt on Tuesday. One question about the climbing fee - can you pay by credit card or must it be by cash?
Thanks! I am glad to hear it! We had to pay cash (USD, EUR, ARS accepted)
GOOD LUCK !!!
Thanks Peter!!
Please someone call me ignorant if I am with what I’m about to say but this doesn’t look all that tough or am I missing something? Seems like if you are in good cardiovascular shape and plan out the acclimation properly, should be doable for a beginner. Again if I’m missing something please tell me. Also this is an awesome video, don’t take what I’m saying as a shot at them.
Thank you for your feedback and comment. I agree! That’s what I am saying to everybody. I trained a lot physically and mentally - checkout my website: aconcagua-preparation.eu. Fitness helps but will not bring you to the top alone. On such technically not spectacular mountains you often see experienced ultra-marathon runners who fail miserably and chubby chain smokers who summit successfully. The ability to acclimatize is absolutely individual, not related to once physical fitness and also cannot be trained. Time for adaptation is the most important factor as you say.
Glückwunsch - und wie würde Edmund Stoiber sagen: Am Hauptbahnhof in München starten Sie Ihren Flug
Deserves more 11.000 views
THANKS! Maybe 111.000 one day :-)
Hola!! ya tienes casi 50 mil!! Sorry i´m spanish or pianist/gamer, sledder.
Thank you! Coming closer to 111.000 views :-) I am so happy that people like it.
Its over 100k now and well deserved v
Thank you for all this advices. That is a good sharing of Mountain experience, very helpful. How much it cost only with local good companies you're talking about in comments please ?
The guys in my group including myself payed between 3-4kUSD (+official permit ~800USD) 2 years ago. I personally had to add 500USD for rental of gear in Mendoza and the intercontinental flights from Europe. At the end it depends on how early you book and how busy season is. They are many local good companies. When I did my research the prizes were more or less the same for all of them. Also the service packages are very similar.
Hey, I summited in February 2017, amazing experience. I was the youngest this year at 14 years old and summited doing the Polish Traverse routes. What mountains are you planning to do next?
No other big plans yet. Do you plan to share your Aconcagua experience as well?
WOW! AMAZING thanks ! Drinking some ALAMOS MALBEC VINO!
This is the second video I have seen of Inka on Aconcagua and they seem like they run a highly skilled and professional business. I am hoping to climb sometime in 2020, and I'd like to climb with a local guide company to support local economy, my only concern is international logistics considering I'm coming from the states. How were they at communicating during the planning process? Would you recommend them?
How are you? I guess that Covid made changing your plans? Yes, Inka is a good partner. They serve many international customers. The ladies in the office are very responsive and speak perfect English. It took me only a few emails to get the deal done.
Great video! Can you tell me the name of the guide service you used?
Thanks for kind feedback! For guide company’s name please hit the pause button at second 19 in the movie :-))
Great video, best out there of Aconcagua! Thank you :)
Quick question, what happened to the two mountaineers who were unable to summit?
I went there to summit AND to make the coolest Aconcagua video on TH-cam! Thanks for your feedback :)
You ask a good question! The two guys who did not summit are doing well an still climb (smaller) mountains :-))
1st decided to not push further after we summited Mt. Bonete (5000m) . He joined another INKA group who descended next day to Penitentes and to Mendoza - without extra cost.
2nd stayed with the group up to Camp 2. But his body was simply not adopting quickly enough - he had hard times from beginning on. In Camp 2 he joined another descending group. But he decided to wait for us and spend few relaxing day mingling with the staff in the base camp. You can see how happy he was at 36:03min in the film :-) th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.htmlm4s
Thank you for the fast reply and update! I'm glad they are both okay and it was nice to see that the guy who had to retire after camp 2 seemingly enjoyed himself greatly and was very happy for the success of his teammates. I guess it was true when it said that you started as individuals but ended up very much as a group of friends :)
Dave Pa Do you plan to climb Aconcagua?
In the future I hope to yes :)
Unfortunately it will be many years from now at least. My dream is to one day climb Everest but currently I am a poor student with not much income. Once I graduate and get a proper job I will save my money to allow me to go on expeditions to these wonderful mountains! I would probably start with something like Kilimanjaro, then move on to European mountains like Mont Blanc or Elbrus, then Aconcagua and probably Denali before finally being competent enough to take on the Himalayas :)
Sounds like good plan!! Don’t stop dreaming and work hard :-) Stay safe!
Great movie!!!
Interessantes Video. Technisch eher ein unschwieriger Berg aber die Höhe und Kälte machen zu schaffen oder? Auf der Höhe hat man bestimmt schon die ein oder anderen Kopfschmerzen? Mein höchster Berg war eine Wanderung auf 3.500 . Da war die Höhe noch kein Problem
Frank Thelen. Ja, Kopfschmerzen sind in der Regel die ersten Symptome der Höhenkrankheit. Ich selbst hatte auch Kopfschmerzen beim Besteigen der Zugspitze auf von 800hm auf 3000hm :-) Das lag an dem schnellen Aufstieg innerhalb von 8h. Mehr Kopfschmerzen als am Aconcagua hatte ich am ersten Tag bei der Kilimanjaro Besteigung... Dort wird man buchstäblich von 770hm (Hotel) auf 3.000m (Camp 1) an einem halben Tag katapultiert... Der Aconcagua wird viel „langsamer“ bestiegen...
Congratulations!!! And thanks for sharing your experience! What’s the local guide company name, please???
Sure, you can see the name of the company here th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.html and here th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.htmlm37s.
Hey. Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome video. I want to clim Aconcagua one day and videos like this are a massive help to understand what to expect. I don't think it said what time of year you guys where there. When was that?
Thanks a million. Best of luck on any future climbs and heres hoping you do videos for them as well. :)
Hi Peter, could i know with what agency did you go? thanks. Great video at all!
Sure, you can see the name of the company here th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.html and here th-cam.com/video/52TDprX_xx8/w-d-xo.htmlm37s.
Very good thanks
I heard some people say that Aconcagua & Denali are on the same continent apparently. Even the Spanish wiki page says they are for whatever reason.
Excelente video!!
Great Video!
Thank you for the kind comment!
Hi! Nice video, with a lot of information and really funny.
With my son we want to climb Aconcagua on next year. I have a question.
Do you have the GPS recording? And if you do, it is possible for you to send it to me? Any means would be great and I´d appreciate it!
Yes, I will be happy to share my GPS data. Please give me time until the end of the year. I am building a website where you will be able to download the GPS tracks :-)
Vielen Dank, für das tolle Video!!
Vielen Dank für den netten Kommentar!
Hello friends!! How good the video. I loved it!!
I have a question. How much was the cost of the expedition / adventure?
I'm interested to do it. Thanks again for sharing the video. greetings to all!!
It's great that you like it!
The guys in my group including myself payed between 3-4kUSD (+official permit ~800USD) one year ago. At the end it depends on how early you book and how busy season is. They are many local good companies. When I did my research the prizes were more or less the same for all of them. Also the service packages are very similar. When do you want to go?
Congratulations for your achievement and thank you for this wonderful documentary! I was able to have a better understanding of the whole process, including the logistics and challenges involved. I was wondering, how much technical, mental and physical skills do I need to accomplish a challenge like this? How much experience did you had prior to this summit? Best regards, Gui!
Many thanks, for your kind feedback. I am always glad to see that the effort I spent with the movie pays off. Probably I have been in the same situation as you prior to my adventure. As a bloody mountain tourist I had simply no clue what's involved in such an expedition.
After my return I created this web page. I hope that you will find even more answers there: aconcagua-preparation.eu/