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Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres and the tallest peak outside of Asia, rises to 22,841 feet (6,961 meters). As the highest peak on the continent of South America ...

Aconcagua’s previous record-holder was Matthew Moniz, of Boulder, Colorado, who was 10 when he reached the summit in 2008. There was one younger boy who climbed the lower slopes of Aconcagua, Garcia ...

Tyler Armstrong, from Southern California, poses for a portrait as he arrives to a hotel in Mendoza, Argentina, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. The 9-year-old boy has become the youngest person in recorded ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (KTRK) -- A 67-year-old man is defying Parkinson's disease to conquer one of the world's highest peaks. Tommy Melli from The Woodlands plans to climb Aconcagua mountain, the ...

Standing 6,691m high, Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas, is a stern test for even the world's greatest mountaineers, but mountain runner Fernanda Maciel just wrote her name into the mountain ...

A newly discovered camera promises to shed light on the 50-year-old mystery surrounding the deaths of two climbers on Argentina’s Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. Two porters ...

After 11 days of pushing her body and mind to the breaking point, it's no surprise that when Chelsey Berg neared the summit of the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere in January, she broke down ...

This article is part of Climbing's online archives documenting climbing's greatest mountains, such as Everest, and its pioneering practitioners such as Marc-Andre Leclerc. Aconcagua (22,838 feet) is ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 9-year-old boy from Southern California has become the youngest person in recorded history to reach the summit of Argentina's Aconcagua mountain, which at 22,841 feet ...