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…
Our Aconcagua team climbed up to Camp 1 today at over 16,000 ft, they cached some gear up there and returned to basecamp for another delicious dinner. Today they started the process of “climbing high and sleeping low” where they’ll climb up to increasingly higher altitudes to stimulate acclimatization. Everyone did great today climbing up…
Plaza Argentina is quite a comfortable landing spot for the climbers, and one of the perks of being at Plaza Argentina is intermittent cell service. Fermin took advantage of service to shoot us a few photos from the previous days. Enjoy!!
Marty called in a jolly report today from Base Camp at Plaza Argentina. The team rested, relaxed, and organized their equipment to make the push up the mountain. Marty reports that the winds are calm and the skies clear, wonderful conditions. The plan is to move a load of equipment and supplies to Camp 1…
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,…
Great update today from Marty Keogh and Will Devries, who has continued with his theme of listing misfortunes seen along the trail (Mark – I totally know what plant you you intimately discovered today… I feel for you!). Today, the crew departed Casa de Piedra at an elevation of about 10,000′ and crossed the Vacas…
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…
Will Devries called in the team’s first dispatch from the field! Expedition climbing is never dull (well – sometimes it can be!), and we really appreciate Will sharing some of the… less romantic aspects of expedition life. The team had a nice breakfast at Penitentes before loading up and driving a short ways to the…