The November 26th team regrouped at base camp after a pretty intense wind storm a couple days ago and are back on the move. Rich, Laura, and Joe are on their way back up the mountain, and the rest of the crew is heading back to Mendoza. They’ve used up most of their weather days,…
We apologize for the delay in updating on Operation Aconcagua, but there has been a lot going on with this team and we wanted to be certain of all possible information before posting. Neil and Eliana made a strong bid for the summit, but tough route conditions and a fast moving storm front thwarted them…
Cason Crane called in today’s report from Low Camp. It sounds like the weather has been great, with low to no wind, and bright sunshine, which made the air temperatures actually warm! The team completed one of the hardest days of the expedition, carrying loads of supplies up the 2,000′ ridge that climbs directly above…
Joe called back and it sounds like they are having a good time up there. They are all sleeping in the big dining tent tonight, and they’ll call tomorrow with some updates. Listen to the call: recording
After a pretty epic wind storm that destroyed tents all over Aconcagua last night, our team packed up their ripped up tents and descended back to base camp to regroup. Aconcagua can be a very windy mountain, and this was a big wind storm even for Aconcagua with tents ripped apart by wind even at…
The team took advantage of a beautiful day, and moved up to camp 1 or “low camp” today. They spent just over 5 hours on the trail and pulled into camp and had the place all to themselves. The weather is expected to stay nice for the next few days, so they are off to…
Jacob Schmitz called in from the bottom of our planet today! After one day of delay in Punta Arenas, the team loaded up and flew the 4.5 hours from the tip of South America to land on the immense Union Glacier, on the continent of Antarctica. Not too long after arriving, two plane loads of…
Joe Butler called from Camp 1 at about 16,400′ on the east side of Aconcagua. They had a good hard push up to camp yesterday and a couple of the team are benefiting from resting today. The winds have been pretty strong, blowing about 30 knots, and in the morning, they considered calling it a…
Jacob called this morning to say that they are heading to Antarctica this morning! The weather is good and the flight is on, so they are all excited to get underway. recording
Jacob called in from the Vinson Team from the southern tip of Chile. They are ready to go, bags are loaded on the plane, and they’ll be flying down as soon as they get the go ahead from the weather forecaster in Antarctica. Click the link to listen to the audio dispatch from Jacob. recording