The Mountain Trip Vinson team made their way down to Vinson Base Camp yesterday and are settling in to wait out the weather. They are all pretty happy and content for now after a successful summit and they’ve got plenty of good food and a big dome tent to hang out in and watch it…
Guide Jacob Schmitz called in another update from the Mount Vinson 2020 Expedition, from the 16,067′ high point of Antarctica! The team called in an update essentially from another world, as they enjoyed the summit in beautiful, calm conditions, far above the ice sheet below that stretches virtually as far as the eye can see.…
Guide Jacob Schmitz called in an update on the Vinson team on their approach to the 16.067′ summit! At the time of the call, they had reached the summit ridge, just about an hour and a half of climbing below the summit. The team will most likely call in once they reach the summit as…
Guide Jacob Schmitz called in on behalf of the Mountain Trip Vinson Expedition, just five minutes away from departing High Camp, headed for the summit! The team took a rest day yesterday after ascending the steep and exposed fixed lines to reach their High Camp, at approximately 12,500′. The route up to high camp climbs…
The weather gods were smiling down on the team today, gifting a day for the record books: warm, calm, and sunny. Under these brilliant conditions the team moved from Camp 1 up to High Camp at 12,000′. Daniel reports that the team is feeling good and everyone did well on the move. Daniel and crew…
Brad Foreman called in an update from Camp 1 on Mount Vinson. The team is taking a rest and acclimatization day today, as Camp 1 is located at about 10,000′, a bit elevation gain from Base Camp at 7,000′. They spent the day eating well, as keeping your body fueled in the Antarctic is important,…
Richard Rollins called in from the Branscomb Glacier in Antarctica. The team was able to fly to Vinson Base Camp, and they stepped off the plane ready to move! Rather than taking a day to organize, as is common on Vinson, the team prepped while at Union Glacier so that they could move uphill right…
The Mountain Trip Vinson Team made it to basecamp today! They caught a break in the weather and the ski-equipped twin otter planes flew them from their temporary home at Union Glacier to the base camp at the foot of Mount Vinson at just over 7000 ft. The views from this camp are spectacular as…
Daniel Laidig called in from the Union Glacier camp in Antarctica. The team had hoped to fly to Base Camp today, but high winds and poor visibility at the Branscomb Glacier did not permit them to fly. All the climbers are seasoned veterans of previous expeditions, so they understand that waiting is part of the…
Our 2020 Mount Vinson expedition has arrived onto the southernmost continent! Jacob Schmitz called in from the Union Glacier camp, after the team flew from Punta Arenas, Chile to Antarctica. The flight took about 4.5 hours, crossing over the Drake Passage and continuing down the Antarctic Peninsula. The Russian made Ilushyn IL-76 transport plane landed…