First and second ascension to the summit
In 1896 the English Briton Edward Fitz Gerald organizes an expedition to the summit accompanied by the guides Matthias Zurbriggen, Stuart Vines and Nicolás Lanti, among others. On January 14th, 1897, on his second summit attempt, Fitz Gerald achieves 6800mts and Zurbriggen reaches the summit, becoming the person who first registered having reached the top of Aconcagua. Finally, on February 13th of that year, Lanti and Vines attain the summit.

First Argentine Ascent to Aconcagua mountain
Lieutenant Nicolás Plantamura, from the Argentine Army, reached the summit on March 8, 1934, following the Normal Route in the company of two Italian climbers, P. Ceresa, P. Ghigliole, R. Chabod and the Chilean muleteer Mariano Pastén.

First Ascent to the Northeast Glacier (Polish Glacier) of Mt. Aconcagua
In March 1934 the Polish climbers Otrowski, Narkiewicz, Daszinski and Osiecki opened a new route to the summit through the beautiful Northeast glacier, recording the eighth ascent to Aconcagua. Ever since this glacier has been called “Polish Glacier”.

First female ascent to Mt Aconcagua
Achieved by the French Adriana Bance, on March 7, 1940, together with the German Jorge Link and the members of the Mendoza Mountain Climbing Club: Pablo Franke, P. Etura, D. López and J. Semper.

First ascent to the South summit of Mt. Aconcagua
The German climbers T. Koop and L. Heroid reached the South summit for the first time in January 1947. They followed the Normal Route up to the middle of the gully, and from there headed to the right and took the saddle between the two summits.

First ascent to the Southwest edge of Mt Aconcagua
On January 23, l953 the Swiss F. y D. Marmillod and the Argentines F. Grajales and F. Ibáñez resched the South summit opening a new route. Likewise, this represents the first female ascent to the South summit.

First winter ascent to Mt. Aconcagua
From September 11 to 15, 1953, the Argentines E. Huerta, H. Vasalla and F. A. Godoy achieved the first winter ascent through the Normal Route.

First ascent to the South wall of Mt Aconcagua
This extremely important first ascent of international repercussion was made by the French R.Paragot, G.Poulet, A.Dagory, L. Berardini, P.Lesseur, and E.Denis, who after seven hard days of climbing, finally reached the main summit towards the end of February 1954.

First ascent to the East Glacier (English Glacier) of Mt. Aconcagua
During the month of February 1978, using alpine style, the Argentines G. Vieiro (dead), E. Porcellana (dead), and J. Jasson opened a new route of considerable technical difficulty and called it “Argentine Route”.

First journey from the North to the South summit of Mt Aconcagua
On January 2, 1979 the Spanish X. Erro, M. Zabaleta and Y. Hugas achieved the first repetition of the Southeast edge, reaching the two summits and joining them for the first time. They descended by the Normal Route of Mt Aconcagua..

First winter ascent to the Polish Glacier of Mt. Aconcagua
In the austral winter of the year 1980, the Catalan N. Serrat and A. Villena, supported by several climbers, reached the summit of Mt Aconcagua following the Polish Glacier, resorting to skiing most of the route.

The first descent on hang-glider of Mt Aconcagua
In January 1981, the prestigious French climber J. M. Boivin piloted a two-seater hang-glider, descending in 30 minutes to Plaza de Mulas. The co-pilot was L. Marchal. The two men had to climb up to the summit three times until the weather conditions were adequate for the flight.

First solo ascent to the South wall of Mt Aconcagua
The French climber I. Girardini reached the summit on January 1981, after four days climbing and following the French/54 route, with the Messner exit variant, thus establishing a first outstanding record.

First winter ascent to the South wall of Mt. Aconcagua
This hard first ascent was performed by a Japanese expedition in August 1981. T. Hasegawa reached the summit alone after following the Messner route.

First female ascent to the South wall of Aconcagua mountain

During the winter of 1984, the American climber Titonne Bouchard and her husband climbed the South wall following the Messner route, becoming the first woman to climb this difficult wall.