About: Willie Benegas

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Willie Benegas is an Argentine / US mountain climber. He has been climbing for over 25 years and has climbed Mount Everest and Aconcagua 12 times and also climbed many volcanos in Guatemala. He is from Argentina but now lives in the United States State of Utah. In 2005, while working as a Mountain Madness guide, he was noted as being well liked and respected at EBC, and being quick to help others. He has also climbed Himalayan mountains Manaslu, Cho Oyu and Makalu. In an interview with one Everest climber, he recounted how Benegas went into the "dead bodies tent" to save the life a man others had given up on. That is to say they expected him to die due to various injuries and had fluid coming out of his mouth; however, Benegas managed to make an airway and rallied a group of Sherpa's to ca

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  • Willie Benegas is an Argentine / US mountain climber. He has been climbing for over 25 years and has climbed Mount Everest and Aconcagua 12 times and also climbed many volcanos in Guatemala. He is from Argentina but now lives in the United States State of Utah. In 2005, while working as a Mountain Madness guide, he was noted as being well liked and respected at EBC, and being quick to help others. He has also climbed Himalayan mountains Manaslu, Cho Oyu and Makalu. In an interview with one Everest climber, he recounted how Benegas went into the "dead bodies tent" to save the life a man others had given up on. That is to say they expected him to die due to various injuries and had fluid coming out of his mouth; however, Benegas managed to make an airway and rallied a group of Sherpa's to carry him down. Within the hour they had gotten him down and helicopter evacuated out the next day. (This was during the 2015 Mount Everest avalanches and earthquake) Everest summits: (13 times) * 1999 * 2001 * 2002 * 2004 * 2005 * 2007x2 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2012 * 2017 * 2018 (en)
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  • Willie Benegas is an Argentine / US mountain climber. He has been climbing for over 25 years and has climbed Mount Everest and Aconcagua 12 times and also climbed many volcanos in Guatemala. He is from Argentina but now lives in the United States State of Utah. In 2005, while working as a Mountain Madness guide, he was noted as being well liked and respected at EBC, and being quick to help others. He has also climbed Himalayan mountains Manaslu, Cho Oyu and Makalu. In an interview with one Everest climber, he recounted how Benegas went into the "dead bodies tent" to save the life a man others had given up on. That is to say they expected him to die due to various injuries and had fluid coming out of his mouth; however, Benegas managed to make an airway and rallied a group of Sherpa's to ca (en)
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  • Willie Benegas (en)
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