January 27, 2018
The team moved up to high camp today! They are at over 19,000 ft on Aconcagua tonight, relaxing and enjoying the views and preparing to leave for the summit early tomorrow morning. They are all doing great and are in high spirits with hopes of another beautiful day tomorrow for
January 25, 2018
The team is at Camp 2 this evening, resting after a climb up to high camp at over 19,000 ft today. They'll spend tomorrow (Friday) at Camp 2 to rest and acclimatize before moving up to high camp on Saturday. They are also waiting a day to time the weather
January 22, 2018
Lead guide Fermin Avila called in the team report today. The team is taking a rest day at Camp 1, and the plan is to move to Camp 2 tomorrow. While my spanish is definitely lacking in some basic skills, from what I understand everyone is doing quite well and
January 21, 2018
The team is on the move! They moved up to Camp 1 at 16,400' today. Leaving Plaza Argentina, the trail climbs up a rocky stretch, which is the residual rock from a glacier that used to push east from high on the side of Aconcagua. The glacier has largely disappeared,
January 19, 2018
Alex Hall gave a ring from Plaza Argentina after the team carried loads up to Camp 1, almost 1000m above. Today was a long one for the climbers. They spent almost nine hours above Base Camp, while they cached supplies at an elevation of 16,400' before returning to Plaza Argentina
January 18, 2018
The team has some amount of connectivity at the Plaza Argentina Base Camp, and our guides took advantage of the internet to send us some photos of the trip thus far. In chronological order:
January 17, 2018
Dr. Kyle Kelbert called in a nice post from the Plaza Argentina Base Camp at 4100 meters (13,450'). The team awoke earlier today and crossed the frigid Vacas River astride horses, saving their feet and legs from a chilly morning bath. Once on the west side of the river, they
January 16, 2018
Johan Bogren called in after a day on the trail, hiking roughly eight miles (~13 Km) up the Vacas Valley. The team gained only about 1000' (300m) of elevation today, but the trail required a fair bit of hiking up and down, passing broad colluvial fans that sweep out from
January 15, 2018
Mountain Trip guide Jason Denley called in an update on the January 13th Aconcagua team, who reached their first camp on the mountain at Pampas de Lenas. The team left the high mountain ski town of Penitentes where they spent their last night in hotel beds at roughly 9,000 ft
