Aconcagua: Summit of South America (Rucksack Pocket Summits)

Aconcagua: Summit of South America (Rucksack Pocket Summits)
by Harry Kikstra

Aconcagua: Summit of South America (Rucksack Pocket Summits)
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Author: Harry Kikstra
Edition: Spiral-bound
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10
ISBN: 1898481512
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group

Book Reviews of Aconcagua: Summit of South America (Rucksack Pocket Summits)

Book Review: This Guide Saved My Life - Literally
Summary: 5 Stars

I climbed Aconcagua with this book for the 2008/2009 climbing season. That was a season of major tragedy on the mountain and I was personally an eyewitness to 3 of the several deaths that season.

Without Harry's guidebook, I could have been one of them, and here's why:

The first death I saw was a fall on the Polish Direct. This was my intended route, but partially due to the advice Harry gave about heeding the conditions of the climb, I chose to go for the Polish Traverse. The day my team changed route is the day a climber fell and was killed on the glacier.

Next, at the White Rocks camp, we saw a looming lenticular cloud appear on the mountain. This book gave the ever-so important advice that when this is seen, get the hell down. I went down and the Italian group who was massively publicized. I was one of the last to see the group alive; they elected to go up and I elected to go down at the advice of this book. Could have been a different story if I didn't get this book!

So that's my anecdotal testimonial for this book. As far as content goes, you won't find a better guide out there that leaves out the useless stuff and includes what you need to know about climbing the mountain! As a lightweight, waterproof, full color, spiral bound (awesome for tearing out pages you don't need when actually climbing to save weight), book, it's the absolute best there is. I bought and borrowed several other books before climbing Aconcagua and this was the best.

Summary of Aconcagua: Summit of South America (Rucksack Pocket Summits)

Of the seven continental summits, Aconcagua (at 6962 m/22,840 ft) lies second only to Everest. Yet it is surprisingly free of snow and ice, and experienced hikers can reach the roof of the Americas without technical expertise. However, it is one of the world's highest and toughest treks. The author has summated twice, and explains in detail how to tackle the main trekking routes (Normal and Polish Traverse), as well as giving a useful summary on the technical Polish Glacier route. This pocket-sized book weighs only 112 g (4 oz), yet it contains all you need to plan and enjoy your summit attempt: concise advice from an expert about preparation, planning and choosing your gear detailed information about altitude effects and sickness, and how to monitor and prevent them fold-out map showing the routes, also enlargement of summit area 96 waterproof pages with open-flat binding in full colour, with 60 photographs.

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