TEMPEST OVER ACONCAGUA
Tibor Sekelj
© 2005
ISBN: 950 9064 13 0
215 pages
$Ar: 60
€: 15
u$s: 20
The story of Link’s tragic expedition of 1944. The author, a member of the expedition, gives a detailed account of the efforts required to reach America’s highest summit, Aconcagua in the 1940s. A dangerous world for those who reach their goal, for those who try to reach it and for those who leave their lives in the attempt.
CONTENTS
The expedition starts off
First Steps with the Pickaxe
Surprises at Horcones Valley
Plaza de Mulas, an ideal place
Third Ascension to Mount Catedral
How the Cuerno defeated us
Meteorological affairs
Andean Tales
Brief biography of Aconcagua
Marching to the Heights
Nido de Cóndores (Nest of Condors) and
Cerro Manso (Mount Mild)
Link’s Shelter, Anteroom to the Summit
To the Conquest of the Summit
For a Last Time with our Lost Companions
Plaza de Mulas with Storm
Rescue Expeditions
“Hasta la Vista, Aconcagua”
A Year Later
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