{"id":25373,"date":"2021-09-29T11:40:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=25373"},"modified":"2021-09-29T11:40:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:40:03","slug":"aconcagua-january-2022-horcones-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2021\/09\/29\/aconcagua\/aconcagua-january-2022-horcones-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Aconcagua – January 2022 – Horcones Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 29, 2021<\/p>\n

\"Aconcagua,<\/a>

Aconcagua, 22,840\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p><\/div>\n

Our contacts in Argentina report that the country will be reopening for tourism soon.\u00c2\u00a0 However, it sounds like Aconcagua National Park will be putting new restrictions in place for the upcoming climbing season.\u00c2\u00a0 For 2022 the only route available for climbers with be the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Normal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Route via the Horcones Valley through Plaza De Mulas Base Camp.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0While we have descended via the Horcones Valley many times over the years, we normally ascend via the Relinchos Valley.\u00c2\u00a0 So, for 2022 we are changing our IMG Aconcagua program<\/a> to ascend the Normal Route.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not our first choice, but we are going to do our best to make this a fun and successful expedition!<\/p>\n

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Mule Train Leaving the Plaza de Mulas Basecamp (Luke Reilly)<\/p><\/div>\n

Our goal for 2022 is to run a trip up the Normal Route that meets the high standards that IMG is known for, and we believe that we have a plan to do just that!\u00c2\u00a0 In addition to sufficient time to acclimatize properly (not rush), we have also decided to utilize local porters to carry gear up and down the mountain giving our team lighter weight backpacks.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, once we climb to the summit and return to Plaza De Mulas Base Camp, we will then take helicopters back to the Horcones Park Entrance and return to Mendoza, which saves several days of hiking back out.<\/p>\n

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A view up the Horcones Valley at Aconcagua<\/p><\/div>\n

This is going to be a great trip that will allow us to conserve energy and gather beautiful views not only during the climb but also by air at the end of the trip!\u00c2\u00a0 If you would like to join IMG on this adventure, let us know<\/a> now, we have limited space available on our January 8 expedition to the top of South America!\u00c2\u00a0 Sign up now<\/a> for our trip to Aconcagua.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 29, 2021 Our contacts in Argentina report that the country will be reopening for tourism soon.\u00c2\u00a0 However, it sounds like Aconcagua National Park will be putting new restrictions in place for the upcoming climbing season.\u00c2\u00a0 For 2022 the only route available for climbers with be the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Normal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Route via the Horcones Valley through Plaza […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aconcagua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25374,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25373\/revisions\/25374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}