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Two American climbers and a Norwegian have died in the past four days while climbing. aconcaguaThe highest peak in the Americas (6,960 meters) is in Argentina, police sources told AFP.
Three climbers died of medical reasons after being rescued by medical services and high mountain police patrols. aconcagua parkin the province of Mendoza (1000 km west of Buenos Aires), bordering Chile.
Ayn Vincent Day, 41, died Wednesday after she struggled to reach the top of the hill against her guide’s advice and lost her compensation while descending at 6,300 meters, Deputy Commissioner Marcos Paez, chief of the rescue team, said. .
On Saturday, 62-year-old Norwegian Moy Oystein became the first person to die in the 2022-2023 climbing season. after feeling unwell in the La Cueva area at an altitude of 6000 meters.
The next day, U.S. war veteran John Michael Magness, 58, died while trying to climb the mountain as he reached Camp Independence (6,300 meters).
Season in Aconcagua
So far this season, which starts on December 1, Argentine authorities have already registered about 2,500 climbers with access to Aconcagua.
“It was a busy season, but the number of climbs more or less remained,” according to Paez, as well as the “defiance” of the mountain guides.
Argentine media, citing official sources, reported the death of five more climbers this season, four of them foreigners, in the El Chalten region, in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz (2300 km south of Buenos Aires).
A 48-year-old Swiss, a 25-year-old American, a 29-year-old Spaniard and a 31-year-old Spanish woman, as well as a 28-year-old Argentine, have died in various mountain accidents since the start of the season in El Chalten, according to the same data.
(According to AFP)
Source: RPP
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