Why Climb With the Brothers

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Experience
  • Damian and Willie Benegas have been athletes for The North Face for 10 years. They challenge themselves on the hardest mountains around the world.
  • More than 20 years and 60 summits experience on the mountain.
  • Veteran guides with extensive high altitude experience around the world from Aconcagua to Mount Everest.
  • Knowledgeable office staff with climbing experience on Aconcagua.
Support
  • Our own special high altitude camps to keep away of the crowds!
  • Low client-to-guide ratio.
  • Proven acclimatization program.
  • Porter support for equipment and supplies.
Comfort
  • New or current season North Face Tents- (double occupancy).
  • State of the art High Camp gear and equipment.
  • The best food in the mountain in the High Camps!
  • We mean the Best Food!
  • Delux Base Camp featuring Grajales BC services, cook tent, electricity, movie night, and showers.
  • Unlimited use of satellite phone for our clients (plenty of battery time for you to call any time - per minute fee will apply).
Safety
  • Guides are equipped with state of the art radios.
  • 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 by radio
  • We have several medical doctors on call during the entire expedition to answer medical questions.
  • Four days built in for summit attempt
Stewardship

Patagonian Brothers cares deeply about the culture and environment of Aconcagua.
We make a point of leaving the mountain in better condition than we found it. Not only do we carry out all of our group’s trash and waste, we spend the time and effort to clean up after other less thoughtful groups. Although our clean up efforts may take more time, effort, and indeed, cost more, we feel we would be disrespecting the mountain, the locals, and our clients if we did anything less.
Examples of what we do:

  • Fair wages for muleteers, cooks and porters involved in the expedition
  • Portable toilet at all high camps and removal of human waste
  • “Pack it out” ethic

Patagonian Brothers 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 Aconcagua.