First person to climb the 12 highest Andes mountains

In 2004, Darío Bracali (Argentina, b. 8 December 1972, disappeared May 2008) became the first person to have climbed the 12 highest mountains in the Andes, all of them above 6,600 m (21,653 ft). Darío Bracali died in 2008, during an attempt to summit Dhaulagiri I (8,167 m; 26,794 ft), the world’s seventh-tallest mountain. The 12 highest mountains in the Andes are: Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) Nevado Ojos del Salado (Argentina-Chile) Monte Pissis (Argentina) Cerro Bonete (Argentina) Nevado Tres Cruces Sur (Argentina-Chile) Nevado Huascarán Sur (Peru) Volcán Llullaillaco (Argentina-Chile) Cerro Mercedario (Argentina) Cerro Cazadero (Argentina) Nevado Huascarán Norte (Peru) Nevado Tres Cruces Central (Chile) Cerro de Incahuasi (Argentina-Chile)