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Aconcagua climbing expedition Jan 2008

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Our private group of 5 guys all successfully summited Aconcagua, elevation 6972m, the highest mountain outside of the Himalaya. This album features incredible high altitude panoramas you've never seen before, and cronicles our 2 week trip.

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  • Thank your so much for sharing these Beautiful Argentine Photos. The images are great! Henk

    said of hverstege hverstege 6 months 11 days ago

  • Thanks for the second visit to your fabulous mountain expedition. I've experienced a 45 degree slope, in 1974 on Mt. Constance in the Olympic Mountains of Washington state. It was called 'the terrible traverse'. Ciao, Paul

    said of paulewing paulewing 8 months 26 days ago

  • Thank you all for taking the time to comment on this photo. I've noticed many of you, such as suresh_krishna, bisquitzoe, and many other names I don't recognize off the top of my mind, always manage to find time to comment on and something meaningful to say about each member's featured photo of the day, each day. Also, this chute we were climbing was steep (45 degrees on the actual slope we were on, steaper elsewhere), but not as steep as the picture may lead you to believe. If were slipped on the snow, (even though we were wearing crampons), you'd slide a little, but stop when you hit the rocks popping up through the snow, so you wouldn't fall to your death. The snow field in the upper right corner of the photo is actually a glacier on the opposite side of the valley way way far far below us.

    said of j_esper j_esper 8 months 27 days ago

  • Thank you for taking the time to comment and view my Aconcagua photos, everyone. Some asked how I could had the time to take these photos - well, at high altitude, you lose all physical energy, and feel like stopping and plopping down every step, so it's a great excuse to stop and take a photo. And of course, no tripods here, so it only takes a sec. And I left behind my big camera on the summit day of Denali, Alaska, highest mt. in North America, because I was feeling tired and wanted to lighten my pack, and I regretted it later, so I was absolutely determined to take my camera all the way with me on this highest point in South America. I also took with me a lightweight HD video camera, but I havent yet gotten to editing the footage. Any HD video editors out there willing to edit 4 hr. of video into a 45 min. film, for a reasonable rate/hr?

    said of j_esper j_esper 9 months ago

  • Fabulous pictures, thanks for sharing !

    said of theskywalker69_3 theskywalker69_3 9 months 5 days ago

  • Fantastic thank you for the phenomenal album !!!!!

    said of diliona1 diliona1 9 months 5 days ago

  • This album is absolutely phenomenal!!! It embodies everything that I would have loved to do at one time. As age and bad knees prevent me from hiking, I can only enjoy it through the eyes and excellent photography skills of others. THANK YOU!

    said of kksgram kksgram 9 months 6 days ago

  • This is a wonderful album! That must have been such a fantastic sense of accomplishments! The pictures are very beautiful.

    said of tirza_h tirza_h 9 months 7 days ago

  • What a marvelous, exhausting, grueling, exciting expedition that must have been! To have all of you making it to the top and back down again is the best news! Not only congratulations on the climb, how you were able to take photos, and such good ones at that, is beyond me! Katherine

    said of kayanne101 kayanne101 9 months 7 days ago

  • Thank God you guys made it. I read in the news last week about an expedition that wasn't so fortunate. That aside it must have been a thrill.

    said of pkarm pkarm 9 months 7 days ago

  • What a fabulous experience; and some great panoramas

    said of picqero picqero 9 months 7 days ago

  • Congratulations on a safe and successful climb. Your excellent photos allow me to climb the mountain without leaving my warm home. Thanks.

    said of cdnwalker cdnwalker 9 months 7 days ago

  • Great climb, great shots. Congratulations on both. Well done.

    said of cynrowse cynrowse 9 months 7 days ago

  • Thanks for sharing your beautifully shot, sparkling pictures of a place I can only dream about.

    said of chachalaca chachalaca 9 months 7 days ago

  • Thanks for the beautiful photo essay of your climb on Aconcagua! I love being able to travel in the mountains -even if it is just from my home!

    said of DPJohnsonClan DPJohnsonClan 9 months 7 days ago

  • Stunning photos, well done. Eric

    said of ericy202 ericy202 9 months 7 days ago

  • Wonderful album - I really enjoyed your wonderful photos, and admire your expedition. Congratulations on summitting! Cheers- Lynne

    said of donolew donolew 9 months 7 days ago

  • A wonderful climbing and exploratin album and a great pleasure to visit it. Thank you for sharing your interesting and well photographed experience. Ray

    said of mccoyray mccoyray 9 months 7 days ago

  • I wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year filled with billions of beautiful, interesting, pleasant, happy, fantastic moments, presents and surprises!!! Best wishes from Ukraine!

    said of Helga_stlm Helga_stlm 10 months 13 days ago

  • All your photos are very beautiful and unique!!! Keep it up!!!

    said of Helga_stlm Helga_stlm 10 months 13 days ago

  • This is a beautiful album. Thanks for sharing it, with us. Congratulations on your Outdoors POTD. All The Best, Teresa

    said of teres187 teres187 10 months 25 days ago

  • This is a wonderful album. I am a passionate mountain lover(Himalaya/Karakorum/ Pamir?Hindu Kush)and really love to see photos which capture the spirit of the land. I think this is especially so as my native Australia is a little lacking in huge, mighty, awe-inspiring peaks by comparison. Long may you climb and travel. All the best. Diana

    said of tigerlily5141 tigerlily5141 2008.08.10 at 02:05:29 PDT

  • I know that going up is difficult, but how easy is it to come down? I always wonder why anyone would have any pleasure doing this kind of thing, but then I find the answer looking back a few decades at when I end a few friends did the same but on a mountain near my town of about 300 meters high; we where young and we enjoy doing that. Today they have a narrow paved road and we can just drive there and… I do, much easier.

    said of minhasdores minhasdores 2008.08.09 at 08:34:54 PDT

  • amazing photography of amazing natural beauty

    said of enemaria100 enemaria100 2008.08.07 at 00:06:14 PDT

  • You crave adventure Johnathan! How wonderful for you to have the courage to enjoy this thrill. Thank you for sharing your images with us these amazing places you have seen! I hope you will have many more wonderful adventures. :) Mary

    said of mypupk mypupk 2008.08.06 at 20:52:10 PDT

  • Hey J, I'll try this again to see if sight will allow an email address? It removed from my previous posting signature: patrickb at flash. net. That's patrick b @ flash dot net without spaces, but with typical punctuation. Thanks, patrickb@flash.net

    said of patrickb425 patrickb425 2008.03.14 at 03:18:47 PDT

  • Hey J. Esper, Congratulations! I would really appreciate your contacting me offsight, as I'd like to discuss how you did this. I have read about this more than once, but need more detail to understand how to actually approach doing it? Thanks, patrickb@flash.net

    said of patrickb425 patrickb425 2008.03.14 at 03:14:29 PDT

  • superb i like it

    said of parikshit07 parikshit07 2008.02.29 at 10:46:37 PST

  • Very beautiful album! Ria The Netherlands

    said of 8598 8598 2008.02.27 at 23:33:49 PST

  • Awesome views as typical of all your albums. Thank you for sharing. God grant you safety as you climb. -Pastor Jason Harris

    said of jharriscwc jharriscwc 2008.02.26 at 15:24:39 PST

  • nice album!

    said of sagittarian_teen sagittarian_teen 2008.02.26 at 14:05:06 PST

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