A The 56-year-old Romanian mountaineer has died this Thursday after fading after reaching the summit in Aconcagua Hillin the province of Mendoza. This season, reaching the top represents a real challenge, greater than in previous years.
According to the official police report, the victim lost consciousness around 3pm. A doctor who was at the summit noticed it he had a very weak pulse and he provided adrenalinebut it had no effect.
A few minutes later the death of the woman, identified by Mendoza police as Mihaela Gabi Ianosi.
Aconcagua, located in the northwest of the province of Mendoza, is the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. During this season, enabled for promotions, there have already been members registered three victims.
According to mountaineering media, Aconcagua presents significant obstacles for those trying to reach the summit. peak of 6,960.8 metersespecially due to extreme weather conditions and intense winds.
Mihaela Gabi Ianosi, 56, died while trying to reach the summit of Aconcagua.The actions were the responsibility of the Tax Office of the Jurisdiction.
Why is it so difficult to reach the summit of Aconcagua this season?
He Aconcagua Hill (6,962 meters above sea level), America ‘s highest peak is before one of its greatest challenges of the last decades of climbing.
In the current season, which began the first week of November and ended the first week of March, they were very few climbers managed to reach the summit.
Only in January, there were 10 stormy days. And the extended forecast shows very low temperatures, cloudy days and strong winds.
“These are days of extreme conditionswith temperatures up to 30 degrees below zero and winds reaching 100 kilometers per hour”, explains Sebastián Melchor, manager of the Aconcagua Provincial Park, in Mendoza.
The last week of December and the first two weeks of January are considered high season, when the foreign visitors trying to reach the so-called roof of America and several crown the small group of the 7 highest peaks of each continent.
There are many mountaineers who enter the Aconcagua park to trek and climb some of its high altitude camps, such as France Square or Mulas Square.
A minority attempts to reach the summit but, of this percentage, very few have succeeded this year. Only 60 climbers have reached the summit, in 75 days of attempts.
“And the half of the vertices that we have, compared to other seasons”, confirms Melchor.
For climbs to the top, 1,474 of them started the climb, but only 60 managed to reach the summit. Last year, up to the second half of January, 1,388 had registered and more than 120 succeeded.
Source: Clarin
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