Today they team ate a nice breakfast in the comfort of their Base Camp dining tent and then shouldered their packs to carry loads up to 16,400′. The route up from the Plaza Argentina Base Camp starts by climbing up a rather steep bit of moraine, the rocky debris pushed ahead by the last glacier…
The team is enjoying a rest day at the Plaza Argentina base camp today. This is an important day for them to acclimatize to the high altitude, and recover a bit before pushing on up the mountain. They prepared their gear and food for the upper mountain, and had a chance to wander around the…
Lisa called in a fun update from the Plaza Argentina Base Camp, located at 13,800′ on the east side of Aconcagua. The team is doing great and enjoying some really nice weather. Base Camp is an interesting place, as Lisa hints at in her post. There are often climbers from all parts of the globe…
Sophie and Dave called in to update us on the progress of the team. They hiked another eight miles yesterday, arriving at the second camp on the approach in good time and with beautiful weather. This morning, they crossed the Rio Vacas on horseback before the sun hit, which is a really good reason to…
Lance called in from the first camp on the hike into Aconcagua. The team spent about 5.5 hours on the trail today, hiking eight miles from the mouth of the Vacas Valley to a camp on the west side of the Rio Vacas called Pampas de Lenas. This was the first sort of “shake down”…
We would like to extend a hearty welcome to the members of our January 27th Aconcagua expedition! The team members arrived in the small, vibrant city of Mendoza, Argentina over the past couple of days. Located in the heart of the Argentine wine country, Mendoza is a fun place to spend some time, and the…
Well, the last team is home, enjoying the comforts of home, and Jacob has completed packing up and sorting our equipment and supplies. It was a great season, and we would like to thank everyone who climbed with us this year and those of you following your friends and family from home. We hope that…
The team is back at Union Glacier, hunkered down in high winds. The Russian cargo jet that will fly them back to South America lands on a blue ice runway (think the world’s biggest hockey rink!). It can land in mild winds, but not the big gusts that have been buffeting camp. The team is…
The team descended to the bustling city-like atmosphere of Plaza de Mulas, the Base Camp for the western approach to Aconcagua. Thousands of climbers pass through this camp, attempting the “normal Route” up the west side of the peak. The team did well on the descent, dropping down over 5000′ in about four hours. They…
Johnathan Sugarman just called in minutes ago from the summit of Aconcagua! He, Allen and Fermin are all standing on the summit after a long climb up from High Camp. Fermin and our guide Nick Shepherd are in radio contact with one another, so we’ll hear from the remaining climbers soon. Summit day is a…