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class="content__text" Time to thank the people who made this possible. @matotatar thank you for your mentorship and valuable mountaineering advice not only on this trip. I’ll always be your apprentice when it comes to mountains. @martinzahuranec who summited the sacred Inca mountain last year. He gave me gear and priceless advice such as ‘bring Snickers to fake shit in the high camps. You’ll need to show it to the park rangers’. @viktorschiller.sk thank you for your breathing programme that substitued the effects of hypoxic chamber and produced much needed red blood cells. Amazing what our body is capable of. @juancruzrodriguez23 the absolute best guide I could ask for. Attentive, willing to sacrifice himself, listening to my needs, fears and nonsense and helping me reach the top. I pooed as I was roped up to him with a harness around my waist at the altitude of 6600 metres above sea level, freezing cold with strong wind blowing my balls away. What a bonding experience, literally. Denali waiting, hermano. @dr_bentendo one of the expedition members who gave me his summit suit that literally saved my life and took me to the top. The best European whiskey is coming to North Carolina, buddy. @fjallravenofficial for most of my expedition gear. Not only was I super comfortable, but I also looked good. Everyone was jealous. Every single member of our @eliteexped expedition. For certain unfortunate events, our bond will forever be different and unique. And last but not least, guide Ángel Armesto for the words that took me to the summit when I had a terrible crisis halfway on the road to the top: ‘Shut the fuck up, you’re not having a heart attack. Get up or I’ll shove the crampons up to your ass.’ ❤️ #Aconcagua #SevenSummits #gracias

February 09, 2023