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info@patagonianbrothers.com
Welcome to Patagonian Brothers Expeditions
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Patagonian Brothers
Expeditions was founded in 1992 by twin brothers Damian and
Guillermo (Willie) Benegas. Their curiosity for climbing was
sparked by their father, Rafael Benegas. During the long, cold
Argentine winters, Rafael would entertain the energetic young
twins with his climbing photos, and tales of Patagonian
adventures. These images left an insatiable thirst for
mountaineering literature, which inspired the boys to embark
upon their own adventures. Before long, Aconcagua and the
steep granite towers and glacier coated peaks of Northern
Patagonia became a training ground where the brothers would
nurture their climbing skills, and establish themselves as
world-class alpinists. Now, twelve seasons and more than 60
summits of Aconcagua later, we have guided climbers and
adventurers from countries around the world. Our expeditions
reflect the spirit of mountain exploration in an exciting, yet
safe, and intimate atmosphere. We take pride in providing our
groups with the best opportunity to summit, and to discover a
mountain of possibilities on peaks worldwide. |
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| Planning a Trip This Year? info@patagonianbrothers.com |
| Aconcagua - Our
Specialty |
| The
highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere and our most
popular mountaineering destination. We first climbed this
mountain in 1987. Since then, we have climbed multiple routes
and explored every valley in between. In search of new and
unexplored ways to get to the top, we opened a new route on
the West face in 2002. Why climb Aconcagua with us? Combined,
we offer the expertise of over 60 summits on this mountain,
giving us unrivalled experience on this mountain! |
| Normal Route
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| The
Normal Route is a regular favorite. The entirety of the route
is a mountain walk rather than a technical climb. But while
the route is technically straightforward, the altitude and
possibility of sudden changes of weather still make this a
challenging expedition. While most of the mountain is loose
boulder fields, often times we need an ice axe and crampons
for summit day.
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| Polish
Glacier Traverse Route |
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route is an excellent option for those of you looking for a
more challenging climb to the summit of Aconcagua. While it is
more challenging than the Normal Route, it does not require
the technical expertise demanded by the Polish Direct Route.
This is a much less traveled side of Aconcagua, as this
variation route approaches the mountain from the east, up the
Vacas Valley. Once reaching the base of the Polish Glacier we
traverse the mountain. Upon summiting, we descend the Normal
Route. In total, this route offers a wide spectrum of the
entire mountain. It travels through three different river
valleys; the Vacas, Relinchos and Horcones, and past the four
tremendous main faces of Aconcagua. It is 'the full mountain'
experience. |
| Polish
Glacier Direct Route |
| The
Polish Glacier is the technical route to the summit of
Aconcagua. A beautiful high altitude climb of moderate
difficulty, this route is for the intermediate to advanced
mountaineer with glacier climbing and ice climbing skills.
This route involves belayed climbing with exposure. Technical
climbing experience is required, as the steepest section of
this route reaches up to 60 degrees. It is, without a doubt,
more akin to elemental alpine mountaineering than either of
the more commonly ascended routes on Aconcagua. |
| NEW!!!
The Flight of the Condor Route |
| Join
us on our EXCLUSIVE new route on the West Face! We are the
first guiding company to ever guide this route. Initially
following the Normal Route up to Camp 1, it then deviates to
the virtually unexplored terrain of the West Face. This route
escapes the crowds, and offers stunning views with a true
sense of adventure. The camps on this route are much more
sheltered from the high winds that can be experienced on the
Normal Route. It is the last untouched route on Aconcagua and
we are proud to share this route with you! More
information on this trip! |
| WHY GO
WITH PATAGONIAN BROTHERS EXPEDITIONS? |
- More than 16 years experience on the mountain.
- Low client to guide ratio.
- Veteran guides with extensive high altitude experience
around the world, from Aconcagua to Mount Everest.
- Proven acclimatization program.
- Porter support for Group equipment and supplies.
- Knowledgeable office staff with climbing experience on
Aconcagua.
- New or current season VE 25 North Face Tents-double
occupancy.
- State of the Art High Camp set.
- With The Best food in the Mountain in the High Camps!
- We mean The Best food!
- State of the Art Base Camp set up with Grajales BC
services cook tent, Electricity, movie night, showers.
- This Base Camp is deluxe! With Manuel, The best cook in
the mountain! Professional Medical Kits to Base Camp, high
altitude medical kits above Base Camp.
- Guides are equipped with state of the art radios.
- Unlimited use of Satellite phone to our clients (plenty
of battery time for you to call anytime - per minute fee
will apply).
- Pulse Oximeter, oxygen saturation levels monitored daily
to check for proper acclimatization.
- Gamow Bag, a Hyperbaric Chamber stationed at Base Camp.
- MEDICAL DOCTOR on call 24 hrs a day on high camps by
radio.
- We have several medical doctors on call during the
entire expedition to answer medical Questions.
- Four days built in for summit attempts.
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| Family Update/ Expedition web cast! |
| Expedition update by email to family and
friends every other day. Possibility to send picture from high
camps. We will be using Contact 3.0 software---
Check http://www.benegasbrothers.com/
for cybercast of our Latok 1 trip. We will be using the same
system! |
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Normal Route via NW Ridge / The fly of the
Condor
2005/2006 Dates (22 days):
Low Season
Dec 11 - Jan 1, 2006
Feb 4 - 25,
2006
Land Cost: $3,200
High Season
Jan 7 - 28, 2006
Land Cost: $3,400
Client to Guide ratio 3:1
Climbing grade: Advanced
Beginner
More
information on this trip.... |
INCLUDED IN COST:
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Scheduled hotel accommodations, based
ondouble
or triple occupancy.
- Ground transportation, including
transfers
from Mendoza airport to
hotel.
- All meals while on the mountain
- All
group climbing and cooking gear.
- All scheduled
restaurant meals while in
Argentina (marked
B,L,D).
- Peak permit
- Mules for transport of
gear and food to base
camp and return.
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Polish Traverse via Relinchos/Vacas
Valley
2005/2006 Dates (22 days):
Low Season
Dec 11 - Jan 1, 2006
Feb 4 - 25,
2006
Land Cost: $3,200
High Season
Jan 7 - 28, 2006
Land Cost: $3,400
Client to Guide ratio 3:1
Climbing grade: Advanced
Beginner |
NOT INCLUDED IN COST:
- Airfare
- Personal climbing gear and other
equipment
and clothing.
- All
items of a personal nature; phone calls,
laundry,
room service and so forth.
- Medical/Evacuation and
Trip Insurance.
- Personal Porters
- Staff/Guide
gratuities
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Polish Glacier Direct
2005/2006 Dates (22 days):
Low Season
Dec 11 - Jan 1, 2006
Feb 4 - 25,
2006
Land Cost: $3,650
High Season
Jan 7 - 28, 2006
Land Cost: $3,950
Client to Guide ratio 2:1
Climbing grade: Advance
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| News Flash! |
 DAMIAN & WILLIE BENEGAS |
Hello everyone, |
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2006 has so far being an awesome year of accomplishments in
our adventures and personal life's.
2006 started with Damian going down to SA and join forces
with Kit DesLauriers to climb Aconcagua by the Polish Glacier
(Summited Dec 25) followed by her ski descent under awesome
conditions, this ascent become Damian’s summit number 32 of
the tallest mountain in the Americas.
This followed by another 3 more trips, pushing his summit
count to 36 summits!
While Damian was in Aconcagua, Willie along with The North
Face Team members that included Renan Ozturk, Cedar Wright and
Patrick Kenny, traveled to the Kashmir region in order to
survey damage, assess avalanche danger to relief camps, and
delivered gear to the hardest hit villages. The North
Face-Kashmir project
Upon his return Willie decided on missing out for the first
time in over 15 years a season on Aconcagua and opted instead
of becoming a Snowbird ski patroller. He just started skiing
for 1 ½ year. Go Willie!
In March Damian decided that he had enough of cold and the
luck of oxygen and decided on going for an exploration of the
chubut river in northern Patagonia. The second longest river
in Patagonia! He and a group of friends kayaked for 10 days
traveling 200 miles in complete isolation trough Patagonia.
Still have another 200 miles to go for 2007.
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