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EXERCISE NORTHERN ACONCAGUA
By Tom Armitage
Pete Barr first attempted to climb Aconcagua (9962m) in 2004 but was thwarted at 6700m as his climbing partner’s Acute Mountain Sickness began to show signs of developing into High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) forcing a descent. Thus when his posting to the Army Personnel Centre (APC) offered the chance to re-attack the highest mountain in the world outside the Himalayas he was determined to leave nothing to chance
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Crossing Penitentes
