Yahoo Soccer is powered by OneFootball, the ultimate destination for news, live matches, scores, highlights, and more. Via the standard route, Aconcagua is considered a relatively safe climb for its ...

This year's dry, cold season has increased medical issues at altitude. Altitude sickness is more common, and there have been ...

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 ...

Among the victims is U.S. military veteran John Michael Magness, 58, who was attempting the "Aconcagua Challenge" for the Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund at the time of his death Abigail Adams is a Human ...

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 ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – 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 is ...

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 ...

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 ...