Vinson Team is Headed High!
We just received word that, after stuffing themselves on an all-you-can-eat breakfast of pancakes and bacon, the team is packed up and on the move up the fixed lines to High Camp!
Dec. 26 Vinson Team at Camp 1
The team moved up to Camp 1 or “Low Camp” yesterday and spent the day today resting, acclimatizing, and preparing for the move to high camp tomorrow. The weather has turned for the better after a couple of stormy days at basecamp and they are enjoying the endless views across Antarctica from their new camp. …
December 26 Vinson Team is at Low Camp
Olivier called in a nice post from Low Camp, the first of two camps on the route up Mount Vinson in Antarctica. The team made the decision to push up glacier today, and made the trip to Low Camp in about six hours. The morning was cloudy, with light winds, but as the team hiked…
December 26 Vinson Team is moving to Low Camp
Today dawned with lighter wind, well, it actually did not “dawn,” due to the 24 hours of light in Antarctica, but the wind had slackened when the team awoke. They decided to push up to Low Camp today, pulling sleds full of food and supplies up the Branscomb Glacier. There are low clouds, but as…
New Year’s Weather Day in Antarctica
We just received a report from the team. The winds have continued to blow hard and the team is going to spend the day in camp, eating, hydrating and acclimatizing. On the menu today was French Toast and bacon for breakfast and everyone is looking forward to tonight’s Thai dish of shrimp and vegetables. The…
Photos from the December 16th Aconcagua Team
Rene, Nigel and Fermin are all in Mendoza, having hiked out the long Horcones Valley in fairly trying conditions. The wind that settled over the upper mountain made for a chilly 16 mile hike to the Horcones tralihead. Fermin sent the following photos from the hike and one of the upper mountain, as seen from…
New Years Eve Wishes from Antarctica!
Bill Cole called in warm salutations from a chilly and windy sounding Vinson Base Camp. The weather has been a bit tough, so the team has elected to sit tight and wait for conditions to improve before pushing up the glacier. The satellite connection is not great, but we echo his best wishes for the…
Aconcagua Team Checks in from base camp on New Years Eve
Rene, Nigel, and Fermin have just finished up a big breakfast at Plaza de Mulas base camp where they spent the night last night. They are preparing to hike out the Horcones Valley about 22 km to the highway where they’ll be met by a van and whisked to the hotel for the night. Yesterday…
DECEMBER 26 VINSON TEAM AT VINSON BASE CAMP
Guide Jacob Schmitz called in a report this morning with the good news that the team is in Vinson Base Camp! The climbers arrived at Union Glacier at approximately 1 AM, slept for a few hours, then boarded another plane for the short flight to Vinson Base Camp. The team set up camp, enjoyed a…
Aconcagua Team back in high camp after a windy summit attempt
The team is back in high camp, a bit tired, but doing well after a very windy summit attempt. They climbed up to over 6500 meters, less than 500 meters from the top, when they decided the wind and weather were just too extreme to continue to the top. They gave it a great shot…