Czech climbers Leopold Sulovsky and Josef Lukas have climbed a new route up the West Face of Aconcagua, at 6962m the highest mountain in South America. Details at present are few and far between, but ...

The second tallest of the Seven Summits, Aconcagua sits deep in the Andes on the western edge of Argentina. At 22,841 feet, simply standing on top is a benchmark for high-altitude alpinists. On ...