gear for adventure

Ilan Zeimer, who works as a mountain guide for Grajales Expeditions, lays out all the gear you'll need---whether guided or unguided---to reach South America's highest summit. Grajales Expeditions has been providing services to climb Aconcagua since 1976.

Frank Madden, author of the guidebook to El Potrero Chico, offers up his two cents on the critical gear you'll need for a trip across the border to experience big-wall sport-climbing at its finest!