Climate Change and Aconcagua
We do not want to start this post in an apocalyptic way. However, we must consider the data provided by the latest United Nations study on climate change. Yes, we know: Nobody likes to read bad news, but maybe that’s what had us looking the other way on several occasions. Nevertheless, there is still a little time to do things right. Climate change came a long time ago, and little by little we are living its consequences in an increasingly brutal way, and among the most palpable consequences is the fact that places like the province of Mendoza are exposed to accelerated melting of its glaciers and scarcity of snowfall in winter, which has started to feel more and more like some kind of extended fall. Those years filled with abundant snowfalls that kept the main ski centers of the province alive for both tourists and mountaineers are far away — almost two decades away — and this lack of snowfall has brought another unexpected consequence in our mountain activity.
In the not-too-distant future, every group will probably have to carry the water to the high camps, and expeditions will have to reformulate certain parts of their logistics. It is not something serious. Worse would be not having water, and this is not the case. Still, the world is changing. The individual task that falls to each one of us is to take care of our natural resources. We will not make a post to list all the initiatives that can be done in this regard. That will be homework for everyone who reads this article.
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