Outdoorshopping Blog

Chile is well-known for its diverse range of climates, beautiful landscapes, and stunning topography. At the same time, Chile is also like a ticking time bomb, resting on an area known to be highly seismic and volcanic. Recently, a 2,000m (6,572ft) volcano that has been lying dormant since a minor eruption in 1972 known as Calbuco, interrupted its calm demeanor, peaceful waterfalls, and gentle forests with several eruptions in just the past week.

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Located in the Andes Mountain Range, Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside of Asia, towering at 6,960.8 metres (22,837 ft). Wrapping up the end of 2014, famed mountain runner Kilian Jornet set the record for the fastest ascent. Merely less than two months later, Karl Egloff set a blistering 7 hours, 55 minutes record to nudge his competitor off the pedestal by nearly an hour, fueled mainly by a handful of energy gels and bars. So what does it take to be a record-holder?