Liina called in an update from High Camp, after the very accomplished team had finished a well-deserved post-summit meal. What a way to ring in 2019! We’ve actually just received word that the team made the trek all the way down to Base Camp on the standard route, so we should be receiving some summit…
The call is a bit broken, but the team is on the summit of Aconcagua! It sounds like they got a really nice day and they are doing great. They’ll descend back to high camp this afternoon and crawl into their tents for the night before heading all the way to basecamp tomorrow. We’ll hope…
Today, the team climbed from Camp 2 at 18,000 feet to High Camp at right about 20,000 feet! Everyone is feeling good, eating well and excited to take a shot at the summit early tomorrow morning. Adrian called in to give us the update and the excitement in his voice is palpable. The winds are…
Agne called in a nice report that was unfortunately dropped towards the end, but she shared some nice details about the team’s waiting game at Camp 2. Everyone is in good spirits and they are planning to move up to High Camp tomorrow. The winds up high have continued to be strong, but the forecasts…
Despite the high winds above, the team pushed loads of food and supplies to High Camp today! They worked hard, climbing a somewhat steep hill immediately above Camp 2 and then traversing up and north to access a shallow basin that drops off the north ridge of Aconcagua. Switchbacks led up the basin, passing bizarre…
Liina called in on behalf of the December 16th Aconcagua team. They are resting and watching high winds on the upper mountain, hoping for a lull in the wind. There is a significant wind event forecast for the upper mountain and so the team is hunkered down in the relative lower wind zone of Camp…
Mountain Trip guide Fermin Avila called in a quick update on the December 16th Aconcagua team who took a rest and acclimatization day at Camp Two, aka “Helicopter Camp.” The name Helicopter Camp comes from the bits and pieces of a crashed helicopter, which still adorn the camp, more than a dozen years after the…
The Aconcagua team is having a good time up at Camp 1 where they spent the day resting, acclimatizing, and strategizing about the next few days. There is a storm coming in and it looks like everyone is going to be hunkered down for a couple of days while it blows through. The team decided…
Julia called in on a beautiful Christmas Day on the eastern flank of South America’s tallest mountain. She reports that it was actually hot today, while the team carried loads up to 18,000′, depositing them at the site of their Camp 2. Today, the climbers shouldered packs and departed Camp 1, climbing up and counterclockwise…
Liina called in from Camp 1, after the team moved up about 3000 feet in perfect conditions. They were graced with a nice dusting of snow to help make it feel more like Christmas. Everyone did great and the team is nestled into camp at 16,400′. Tomorrow they will load up and carry some supplies…