The team is back in camp this evening after a long and tiring summit day. Congratulations to all the climbers, its a long day at high altitude and I’m sure they are exhausted, but it’s great that everyone is settled back in and recovering. They’ll be heading to the Plaza de Mulas basecamp on the…
They’re on the summit of Aconcagua! Congratulations to the team they’re on the summit of Aconcagua right now! It was a beautiful day, but it’s a long climb at very high altitude and they’re tired climbers. They left high camp early this morning and climbed at dusk, watching the sun climb up over Argentina casting…
The Aconcagua climbers are settled into Camp Cólera at 19,500 ft tonight! This is high camp for the team and they’re trying to get some rest before getting up early tomorrow and heading for the summit of Aconcagua. John called in the dispatch this evening from camp as they watched the sun go down over…
The team took a hike up to high camp, known as Camp Cólera at 19,500 ft! The weather has been on their side for the last few days and it looks like Sunday will be a nice summit day. Today was an acclimatization hike, but tomorrow they plan to move up to their high camp…
Katie made the call this evening for the teams expedition dispatch from Camp 2 on Aconcagua. The morning started with an evacuation for Bob, who unfortunately had some vision problems and had to descend. Bob made it back to the hotel in Mendoza last night and is recovering. The rest of the team enjoyed what…
The team had a successful “carry day” today, climbing from Camp 1 up to Camp 2, at nearly 18,000 ft! They carried some of their extra personal equipment to cache up at C2, but their packs were relatively light today and it was mostly about acclimatizing to increasingly higher altitudes. It was a windy day…
Aconcagua is known for it’s wind and the team experienced some of that today as they moved up and settled in at Camp 1. They left the comforts of basecamp and climbed up to about 16,400 ft where they set up their tents in the high winds. They’re all settled in tonight and hope to…
The Aconcagua team is taking a day to rest and continue acclimatizing at base camp after climbing up to Camp 1 (16,400 ft) yesterday. The climb to Camp 1 served multiple purposes, they carried some of their personal gear up to camp to get stocked up and lighten the loads for the day they move…
The team is settling in and acclimatizing to the high altitudes of the Plaza Argentina basecamp today. Today was all about resting as their bodies acclimate, there were some headaches and some of the usual altitude discomforts, but folks are generally doing well. After a few days, they’ll feel right at home at this altitude…
The climbers are at Plaza Argentina, the basecamp on the Vacas Valley side of Aconcagua. It’s always nice to get through the first phase of the trip, the trek to basecamp, and settle in to basecamp for a few days before the climbing begins. They travelled up the Relinchos Valley today, leaving the Vacas Valley…