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Illustrations Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are by the author. I.1 Argentina. 2 I.2 A memorial to the climber Mozart Catão in the Cementerio de los Andinistas. 4 I.3 Aconcagua’s South Face as seen from El Mirador. 9 1.1 The North, or Normal, Route on Aconcagua. 25 1.2 The ruins of Puente del Inca Hotel. 36 2.1 An Aconcagua postcard: Nido de Cóndores. 45 2.2 A Rutas Sanmartinianas (Sanmartinian Route) sign in downtown Mendoza. 52 3.1 Aconcagua’s West Face. 68 3.2 Petroglyphs at Tunduqueral in the Uspallata Valley. 78 3.3 Crafts for sale at the Las Bóvedas Museum. 85 4.1 Seven Summits t-shirt displayed at Hotel Refugio Plaza de Mulas. 97 4.2 Arrieros in Playa Ancha. 109 5.1 A “France” t-shirt displayed at Hotel Refugio Plaza de Mulas. 120 5.2 Horcones Lagoon at Aconcagua Provincial Park. 132 6.1 Mendocino mountain guides relaxing in Hotel Refugio Plaza de Mulas. 153 6.2 The memorial to Edward Joseph Cotton in Cementerio de los Andinistas. 163 7.1 The sign at the trailhead in Aconcagua Provincial Park. 171 viii • Illustrations 7.2 A base-camp “pub” at Plaza de Mulas. 190 8.1 The Hotel Refugio Plaza de Mulas. 205 8.2 A Basque flag display at Hotel Refugio Plaza de Mulas. 208 8.3 Dining hall displays at Hotel Refugio Plaza de Mulas. 209 ...

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