Greg Harris called in today on their rest day at the Plaza Argentina base camp. They took a little walk to explore their surroundings and enjoyed meat pies for lunch. It snowed a bit in the afternoon, but they are resting and acclimating today in the comfort of the heated dining tent. Here’s Greg’s call:…
Lawrence called from the Plaza Argentina base camp this afternoon. They are all doing great and enjoying the amenities of base camp. It is a pretty comfortable place with catered meals and a comfortable dining tent. Here’s the call from Lawrence: Aconcagua base camp 12.3.11
Our climbers are trekking towards base camp and plan to hike the final stretch on the 3rd. They’ve had a beautiful trek so far up the Vacas Valley from the highway up to the camp called Casa de Peidra. The first day was quite leisurely, hiking about 4 hours in beautiful weather up to their…
The team made the trip up to Penitentes yesterday and is hiking in to their first camp today. They took an extra day in Mendoza as they ran around looking for gear to replace the equipment of Greg’s that did not arrive on his flight. Fortunately, with help from the rest of the team, they…
Hola from Argentina, The first Mountain Trip expedition of the year is just one delayed piece of luggage away from hitting the road for the trailhead! The team became complete with the arrival of Greg Harris yesterday. Not even an Ecuadorian volcanic eruption could keep him from arriving in good spirits, although it did prevent…
The November 28th team has begun to assemble in Mendoza, Argentina. Here, they will have a team meeting, go over the itinerary, do a gear check, and enjoy the sights and sounds of Mendoza while our crew makes final preparations for the climb. Climbers on the team are Dave Bailey, Lawrence Cutler, and Greg Harris.…
We had a long day today, which began at Carstensz Base Camp and ended with us making it all the way to Nabire! The whole team flew out this morning via 4 helicopter flights to the small jungle village of Sugapa. From there we had a chartered Twin Otter take us across Papua to the…
Scott called from the top of Oceania once again! The second team, consisting of Jon Reiter, Michael Crowley and Moises Nava all stood on summit of Carstensz Pyramid on a beautiful, clear day. They made very good time to the summit and all climbed very well. Congratulations to the team!! Six climbers reached the top,…
I just got off the phone with our guide Scott Woolums, who called from the summit of Carstensz Pyramid! Veronique Denys, Alan Arnette and Chuck Raper were on the first of our two summit teams and were accompanied by our Indonesian friend Jimmy. They made it from our new Base Camp to the summit in…
Scott called in from Carstensz Base Camp to report that the weather is beautiful and that everyone is doing great. The team climbed up the route a ways yesterday as an acclimatization hike and to get some real-life practice. Another team was having a bit of trouble and out crew helped evacuate a climber. It’s…