We received a call from lead guide Fermin Avila that the team is all resting at Penitentes, the resort near the trailheads for the mountain. Everyone enjoyed showers, feasted on a well earned meal, and will sleep on a bed this evening, rather than their sleeping pads! Great job everyone! Tomorrow, they will drive back…
The team called in from the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp with lots of thoughts and good wishes for loved ones back home. They rested last night, following a tough descent from High Camp. This morning, they ate well in preparation for their hike out the Horcones Valley. The hike will take about 6 hours…
It has been a busy couple of days for our team of climbers. Yesterday, they made their summit bid, climbing up in cold and windy conditions. After returning to High Camp, two of the team descended to the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp with our guide Aaron Diamond. Brian got word that a work issue…
Some of the team got through on the satellite phone before the connection was lost, but Veronica, Peter and Reinette were able to pass along their thoughts from 20,000′ above South America. The summit push today was difficult, with a good amount of new snow having fallen over the past few days. The team really…
Our guide Aaron called in from the summit of Aconcagua today! Congratulations to Aaron, Peter, Brian, Sean, Veronica, and Andrew for reaching the top after what has been a pretty challenging trip. We’ll look forward to hearing some stories about the day in their next update, but they’ll probably be pretty tired by the time…
The team called in from what can only be described as a COLD High Camp, at 20,000 feet on Aconcagua. Each climber commented on how cold it is and when Fermin called in today, he described it as perhaps the coldest trip of his 40+ ascents. The move up to White Rocks (aka Camp Colera)…
The team is hanging tough and keeping spirits high through another day of rough weather at Camp 2 on Aconcagua. They’ve had their share of bad weather on this expedition, but they are eating well and staying healthy and finding ways to enjoy the experience. It’s not an easy place to wait out a storm,…
The team called from Camp 2 today, after they took another rest/weather day. The temperatures has been incredibly cold for Aconcagua, and while the team is happy and healthy, the tone in their voices belies the challenge that they are enduring, high on the flank of a cold mountain. recording
After a couple of rough days of wind and weather the climbers were jubilant to be able to climb up to Camp 2 today. The weather was beautiful as they climbed up today and they are enjoying the expanding views as they move up the mountain. There was some celebrating up there today, listen to…
Our Aconcagua team is waiting out the wind again today at Camp 1 where strong winds and snow are keeping them mostly in their tents. It’s been a couple days now and they are all anxious to get climbing again, but the spirits remain high and they are eating well. They tried to pack up…