"International team of seven climbers (US, Norway, Singapore, France, Netherlands) with three Aconcagua Mountain Guide experts using the Polish 360 route variation. Approached from Vacas Valley, Relinchos Valley, up to Colera Camp and then down to Plaza de Mulas, and out Horcones Valley. Climbed between Dec. 29, 2019 to Jan 17, 2020. Weather was the biggest factor. Got held up 7 days at Plaza Argentina, 2 days at high Camp One, 3 days at high Camp Two. But after all the waiting, our team was very acclimatized and six out of seven made the summit. Summit push began at 5:15 am from Colera Camp, topped out at 2:45 pm, return to Camp at 7:15 pm. Extremely difficult climb from an endurance stand point. 14 hour days are never fun. The most taxing part of the whole expedition was the 27 kilometer hike out from Plaza de Mulas to Horcones for extraction. I am still glad its all over. Now on to the next!" — oregon-mt-goat • Jan 14, 2020

"Did this as a climb with Aconcagua Mountain Guides. Started at Plaza Argentina and ended at Plaza de Mulas. Summit day was incredible. No wind at all on top. Took an hour nap. After spending 2.5 hours at the summit we went down." — Irrationalist • Dec 30, 2019

"Me and my cousin Stefan climbed Aconcagua via the normal route in 15 days. This was my second attempt after 2011 when we turned back from camp Berlin because of the snow storm. We were lucky this time and the weather was perfect!" — FilipVasileski • Feb 6, 2015

" Me and my fiancee flew into Mendoza and got checked in to our hotel. The next day we got our money exchanged, permits, the remainder of our food and last minute supplies like white gas and other things. We took a bus out on the third morning and got set up with our mule providers and started the hike to base camp stopping at Confluencia camp for two nights to acclimatize. It's here we discovered that the rumors are true about the high levels of magnesium in the water. Imodium turned out to be the only drug I used on the mountain. Once at Plaza de Mulas we took a rest day then carried a load up to Camp Canada. It turned out to be a dry camp so we left 2 liters of water and headed back down to base camp. We took another rest day at Plaza de Mulas and then moved camp to Camp Canada with an additional 8 liters of water. That same afternoon after establishing camp we carried a load further up the mountain to Nido de Condores and came back down to Canada for the night. I underestimated the power of the winds overnight and had an unfortunate 500 or so foot descent and reascent to reclaim my backpack in the morning which had flown down the slopes. Getting low on water we move..." — Yosemike • Feb 2, 2015

"I avoided the normal route due to reports of crevasses (I soloed the peak). I went straight toward the peak from the col just wnw of San Jose Norte, losing about 1,300 feet on the way to my final high camp at 16,700'. It is a good way to go if you are soloing as there really are no crevasses, but you definitely do need crampons and an ax. The route is easy, but the peak is big and high! I spent 5 nights total for the approach, climb, and descent. " — tombrown • Feb 22, 2012