Daunesh Alcott joined the team this morning, arriving via helicopter into the Plaza Argentina Base Camp. He has been acclimatizing in Ecuador and will climb the mountain with Alex, Jenny, Fermin and Aaron. It was a beautiful, clear morning for a flight! Today was a planned rest and acclimatization day, as the climbers who trekked…
The team arrived at the Plaza Argentina base camp today and are enjoying the little luxuries this evening. This camp will be their home for the next 3-4 nights, so they will settle into the heated dining tent, and enjoy some delicious meals cooked by our base camp cook. The Plaza Argentina base camp is…
Jenny and Alex called in after a warm, Christmas Day hike up the Vacas Valley. We’ve mentioned that the approach to Aconcagua is up an arid, desert valley, which means that it can be HOT at times. Today was such an occasion and upon arriving at their destination, the team did their best to find…
Alex and Jenny called in a very nice update from the site of their first camp on the trail, a spot known as “Pampa de Lenas” (field of firewood), located on the west side of the Rio Vacas (Vacas River). They hiked a bit over five hours today, gaining a little over a thousand feet…
We received word that the Otter safely delivered our team to Union Glacier this morning, after an additional stay at Vinson Base Camp. The team was delayed by inclement weather for almost an entire week, which is unusual, but not unexpected in Antarctica. The plan is board the Ilushyn and fly to Punta Arenas, Chile…
We received word this morning that the team remains at Base Camp. The weather has just not cooperated, and our air service provider has been unable to transport the climbers from Base Camp to Union Glacier. Fingers crossed for improving weather! As always, we will update this post as soon as we receive any new…
Our second Aconcagua team of the season is in Mendoza, Argentina and ready to start hiking up the arid Vacas Valley en route to climb the Ameghino Valley route up the east side of the highest mountain in South America. This team is somewhat out of the proverbial box, in that two climbers are hiking…
Jacob reports that the team is safe and sound and still at Vinson Base Camp. The weather has moved in, and flights to/from Base Camp are not possible at this time. We will keep you posted as soon as we have any further updates.
There are no certain outcomes in the mountains. This is one of the reasons many of us go into the wild and often harsh alpine environments. Such a sentiment is easy to understand from the comfort of home, but when face to face with the inability to accomplish a goal for which one has trained…
Unfortunately Jack’s trip report was cut off due to the challenges of satellite phone communication, but all is well and he and Fermin are making their way back to “civilization.” Here’s Jack: Here are some images Fermin sent from the days moving up to High Camp and a couple from the descent down to Plaza…