Geri Winkler
In the 1990s he ascended Popocatepetl in Mexico and Muztagh Ata (7546 m) in China. In the summer of 2001, he climbed Elbrus in Russia, the highest mountain in Europe. In the winter of 2002 and 2003, Winkler climbed Aconcagua in Argentina, the tallest mountain in South America.
Argentine Monte
The Argentine Monte is in north-central Argentina, and has an area of .
It is to the east of the Andes and extends from Salta Province in the north to Chubut Province in the south.
It covers the eastern foothills of the Andes.
The ecoregion merges into the Patagonian steppe in the south, where it extends east to the Atlantic Ocean. 
In the north it lies between areas of Dry Chaco and Southern Andean Yungas to the east, and Central Andean puna and Southern Andean steppe to the west. 
In south it lies between Espinal to the east and Patagonian steppe to the west.