Jack Lynch called in from the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp today. The crew loaded up their packs and carried supplies, gear and equipment up to the site of their next camp, at about 16,400′ on the east side of Aconcagua. This is a tougher day than the three previous days on the approach to…
David VanWinkle called in from Base Camp, where the team took a rest day today, allowing their bodies to acclimatize to the big jump in altitude from their previous camp (Casa de Piedra), 3000′ below. They prepped their equipment and supplies for tomorrow’s planned hike to Camp 1, at over 16,000′. We call tomorrow’s hike…
Sam Mangum called in a dispatch from Base Camp. Her first post was cut off, but she called in a second one, which gives us some more insight into how the expedition is going. There’s noting a guide service likes to hear more than, “This is the best expedition I’ve ever been on!” Her second…
And they’re off! The team left the comfort of Penitentes and began the journey up the Vacas Valley. The trail winds along the Vacas river for approximately 8 miles, and the team’s first camp, Pampas de lenas, is situated on the banks of the river. Bob called in the team report tonight, so please don’t…
Today, a team of seven climbers, accompanied by two Mountain Trip guides are headed from the city of Mendoza, Argentina up into the Andes, en route to attempt to climb the tallest mountain in South America – Cerro Aconcagua. At 22,841′ (6961m), Aconcagua is also the tallest peak outside the Himalaya! Over the course of…
Lorenz and Fermin reached the summit of Aconcagua today! It was a beautiful day, light winds and blue skies on the highest mountain in the Americas. It was a big day, over 13 hours of hard work at high altitude, but they had a wonderful day and are back at high camp resting and ready…
Lorenz called in from high camp today! The satellite phone call is very garbled, but we’ll include the link for you anyhow. They moved up in nice weather today and are preparing to leave for the summit early tomorrow morning. Weather forecast is looking good and it sounds like a few teams have been trying…
Lorenz called in this afternoon from Camp 2 during their rest day. They worked hard breaking trail through the deep snow to high camp yesterday, so decided to take a day to recover and acclimatize a bit before making the push to high camp and on to the summit. They are looking at a pretty…
It was another challenging day today due to the deep snow on Aconcagua, but the guys were able to enjoy beautiful weather and almost no wind as they carried a load of fuel and food up to almost 20,000 ft where they will place their high camp. They returned to Camp 2 for the night,…
Lorenz called in from Camp 2 at 18,000 ‘ (5500m) this afternoon. The move up to what is often called “Chopper Camp” was very challenging today, as they had to break trail through knee deep snow all the way. Breaking trail at over 17,000′ is HARD!! Strong work guys! The plan is to make a…