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2024 has just Started and two Climbers have already died at Aconcagua. Raul Tartera from the U.S.A and Andrey Minaev from Russia. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, and the highest in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere with a summit elevation of 6,961 metres (22,838 ft). It lies 112 kilometres (70 miles) northwest of the provincial capital, the city of Mendoza, about five kilometres (three miles) from San Juan Province, and 15 km (9 mi) from Argentina's border with neighbouring Chile. The mountain is one of the Seven Summits of the seven continents.
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American and Russian Die on Aconcagua - First Deaths of 2024 Climbing Season