Italian mountaineer Marina Acanazio is pushed in a wheelchair into a hospital after being rescued in Mendoza, January 9, 2009. Acanazio and his four Italian fellow mountaineers were climbing the Aconcagua, America's highest peak in the Andes mountain range, when they experienced adverse weather at about 6, 900 metres. Their Argentine guide, Federico Campanini, and Italian climber Elena Senin were found dead, according to an Italian consular officer. Rescue workers are still trying to rescue another climber Mateo Refrigerato. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 37 months ago

Italian mountaineer Marina Acanazio is pushed in a wheelchair into a hospital after being rescued in Mendoza, January 9, 2009. Acanazio and his four Italian fellow mountaineers were climbing the Aconcagua, America's highest peak in the Andes mountain range, when they experienced adverse weather at about 6, 900 metres. Their Argentine guide, Federico Campanini, and Italian climber Elena Senin were found dead, according to an Italian consular officer. Rescue workers are still trying to rescue another climber Mateo Refrigerato.

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