Argentina Hotels Travel - Aconcagua: A Climbing Guide, Second Edition
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List Price: $16.95
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Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.52209826
EAN: 9780898866698
ISBN: 0898866693
Label: Mountaineers Books
Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 141
Publication Date: 1999-08
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Studio: Mountaineers Books
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This updated guide discusses equipment, safety, & conservation, and details popular and less-traveled routes of the Western hemisphere's highest peak.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: An excellent guide to Aconcagua
Comment: Aconcagua is one of the more accessible of the 7,000 metre peaks of the world. As such, it attracts a large number of trekkers as well as climbers each year. Some of them also die on the mountain in bad years.
While most novice climbers will probably go with one of the recognised climbing companies from Mendoza, a guide such as this excellent volume is an essential requirement in understanding and planning a climb of Aconcagua.
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Summary: Waste of money and time: Incredibly out of date
Comment: I found this book a total waste of money, starting from totally useless route descriptions with incorrect altitudes of the camps and non-existing penitentes fields featured in them and finishing with an awfully bad and old photos. Basically, one will gain more by doing search for your planned route on Google.
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Summary: Good intro, not enough about routes
Comment: This book is a good intro to Aconcagua (history, geography, etc), it helps plan a trip with good tips on preparation and local arrangements. However, it does not spend enough time describing the trails and the difficulties of each route. Even the normal route, the most popular one, is not described in depth.
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Summary: Excellent guide.
Comment: I thoroughly enjoyed reading Secor's guide. I read it before climbing Aconcagua and when I was on the mountain I felt as if I had already been there because of the accurate description in the book. The book has also good general advice on equipment, guides, weather, and acclimatization. Definitely a good companion for a wonderful adventure.
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Summary: Very helpful book, but get the video too
Comment: Anyone thinking about this climb should get this book. It, along with the video that's also available from amazon.com, make a good combination to get you mentally prepared for Aconcagua.
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