Aconcagua Documentary of a Soloist

Solo Climb of Aconcagua with base camp support. Unguided but met some people along the way. I was not pre-acclimated. 10 days on the mountain. I am not a beginner climber. I used my own gear. Summit success rate is said to be 30-50% but I do not know how to verify or check this.

Footage filmed by myself in 4k at 60 fps. All editing done by myself. All footage on GoPro Hero 10. Filmed 88 GB of data over 240+ videos.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:11 Day 0 Mendoza to Penitentes
2:31 Day 1 Penitentes to Confluencia
13:31 Day 2 Confluencia to Plaza de Mulas
19:09 Day 3 Gear drop to Canada
21:45 Day 4 Plaza de Mulas to Canada
22:51 Day 5 Gear drop to Nido de Condores back to Plaza de Mulas
27:18 Day 6 Rest Day / Wait for Weather Window
29:01 Day 7 Plaza de Mulas to Nido de Condores
30:49 Day 8 Summit Day from Nido de Condores
35:40 Day 9 Nido de Condores to Plaza de Mulas
36:30 Day 10 Plaza de Mulas to Mendoza

Music:
Instant Crush - Corbyn Kites
Icelandic Arpeggios - DivKid
Over Time - Vibe
Triangles - Silent Partner
Stars Align - The 126ers
A Valley Blast - Freedom Trail Studio
Upsetter - The Mini Vandals
Mountain - Text Me Records / Bobby Renz
Silver - Riot
Take Me Back - NEFFEX
Glacier - Patrick Patrikios
The Goon's Loose - Nathan Moore
Get Through - NEFFEX
Skylines - Anno Domino Beats

[Mila_Brearey]

I love this kind of content! I hope you will continue to document all of your future mountain climbing expeditions.
❤

[omarfarookafifi]

Really cool video, man! Brought back good memories from when I soloed it in 2019:) Great footage :)

[jennymunton]

Brilliant perspective. From South Africa. Enjoyed it

[mattgonzalez]

Great video. One day i will do this. Thanks for sharing the entire trek.

[slurpeyatari]

Love the video. I just recently did the Salkantay Trek to Macchu Picchu. I live in Houston which is at sea level, so in some spots when you were breathing heavy I definitely remember doing that on my trek.

[artysa.blackwood]

Very nice climb, you made it look like a walk in the park.
Cheers

[johndavis]

hi thanks for sharing, just wondering where you got the nose protector and sunglasses, or if you had any suggestions for that type of gear?

[keithtanner]

Difficult to hear the commentary in some places with music playing simultaneously.

[erickelly]

great video. this gives me confidence to do it solo too.

[hichamnac]

Congrats and thank you for the video, much appreciated. I'm thinking about a solo next year and the infos shared in the videos and comments will help me a lot. So sad for the hilleberg when you showed it on the start, i knew for sure that i will use a canister instead of white gas.

[claypetty]

I'm interested in soloing myself next year during the climbing season. Do you have any planning documentation you worked on that has the list of companies you used and the cost breakdown for everything (aside from what's already in your replies to the other comments)? 10 days on the mountain seems pretty quick but I get the sense this is a very doable mountain assuming weather cooperates and you're in good shape. I climbed Denali a few years ago and have my sights on Aconcagua now. Thanks - great video!

[luciano.a]

Great vid!

I'm also considering doing a solo next year there, could you help out with some insights?
What temperatures did you encounter on high camps and summit?
Was a liquid fuel stove necessary or people were getting by with cannister ones?
Also, did you rent any equipment in Mendoza? Any recommended places?

I am still pondering whether I'll use mules or not, and it will probably come down to food. I see that on confluencia and plaza de mulas you had tent/barracas provided to you, since you didnt use a guide, what do you pay to have acess to this?
Can you buy meals and have access to this share eating barracks on these basecamps? How can one hire only this service?

Thank you very much, congrats on the ascent and if you have usefull information that you would like to share for someone aspiring to do a similar trip to yours, please do share!

[iankay]

That is a wild itinerary! Congrats. I made my attempt in early January, and there was too much Avalanche danger on the traverse, so no one summited for almost a week. Maybe I will try your itinerary next time I go.

[LinusWilson]

Nice video. I’m so bummed about burned Hilleburg Soulo! The white gas flare up is crazy at the start. I’m probably gonna bring both white gas and MSR reactor. Why did u choose Inka? Did you like them?

[Jonas-yvlo]

Hi Murphy, great video!! I'm motivated to solo Acancagua too. Would you mind sharing the costs for the package you booked with the expedition company? + what was included overall in the package?

[katarzynaczepiela]

How was the water access in the higher camps?

[RFE]

I heard some people say that Aconcagua & Denali are in the same continent apparently. Even the Spanish wiki page says they are. (I don’t agree with that).

[NicholasHalaiko]

Great video. Did you climb all the way back down from the summit to base camp in one day? How long did that take?

[seongjep]

Awesome! what is the budget for this climbing?

[stephenracz]

Another price question. Sorry. But how about did you go about getting meals on the mountain financially?