January 21, 2019
Guide Fermin called in a windy update from the top of Aconcagua at 22,841'! Big congratulations to the team on their accomplishment. We'll post photos as soon as they're available, once the team arrives back down to base camp. Here's Fermin! recording
January 20, 2019
Mountain Trip guide Fermin Avila called in an update for the January 6 Aconcagua team, who has made it up to High Camp on the mountain. High Camp, also known as Piedras Blancas (White Rocks) sits right around 20,000'. Here's guide Fermin! recording
January 19, 2019
Climber David Haffner called in an update on the January 6 Aconcagua team, who took a second rest day at Camp Two at 18,000'. The team did a bit of carb loading with cake for lunch and did a bit of wildlife spotting from their high (and undoubtedly windy) position
January 18, 2019
It was a day to acclimate, rest up a bit and strategize for the push to high camp and on to the summit today. They are at Camp 2 at just shy of 18,000ft tonight and it sounds like everyone is doing well and benefitting from the acclimitization day. They'll
January 16, 2019
Climber David Haffner called in the update today for the January 6 Team, who made the sucessfull ascent up to Camp Two! The team is in good shape but starting to feel the effects of the high altitude! You can actually hear a bit of the wind through the update.
January 15, 2019
Mountain Trip Guide Fermin Avila called in an update on the team, who plans to depart Camp One and head for Camp Two at just shy of 18,000'. Fermin mentioned that everyone on the team is doing great! Today they will spend the day ascending from Camp One to Camp
January 14, 2019
The team is making their way steadily up to the 22,841' summit of Aconcagua, the highest point in the Americas. Climber David Kozma called in an update on the team, who moved yesterday, January 14, from Plaza Argentina Base Camp at 13,800’ (4200 m) to Camp One at Camp 1
January 12, 2019
After making a push up the mountain to Camp 1 this morning, David Haffner called in a nice update on behalf of our January 6th Aconcagua team. The day began relatively early and the climbers shouldered packs with extra clothes, food and fuel. They hiked out of the Plaza Argentina
January 11, 2019
Dave Kozma called in with a nice report, but it was unfortunately cut a bit short, due to the satellite connection being dropped. The team rested today in Base Camp, allowing their bodies to adjust to the much thinner air of 13,600'. They organized their kit and prepped their supplies
January 10, 2019
The team made its way from Casa Piedra, up the beautiful Relinchos Valley, to Base Camp, also called Plaza Argentina. Lead Guide Fermin reports that everyone is doing well and the team made good time to camp. In the coming days, the plan is to cache a load
