January 1, 2013
The guys are at low camp again tonight after doing an acclimatization hike earlier today, and Sebastian was giving John some crevasse rescue training. They're having a great time and hope to move up to high camp as early as tomorrow. Here's John. recording
December 31, 2012
John and Sebastian moved up to Camp 1 or "low camp" today in a 5 1/2 hour push. It's a good long day with big packs, and pulling sleds full of food, but they did great. They'll ring in the New Year there at low camp, and then plan to
December 31, 2012
The team is had a great day today, carrying loads of personal equipment and food up to Camp 1 before returning to base camp tonight. This was their first time moving up the mountain with their packs and gear and it sounds like they enjoyed themselves. Tonight they are back
December 30, 2012
John called from Vinson base camp this afternoon and it sounds like they are eating well! They spent the day preparing for the move to Camp 1 (low camp) tomorrow, and it sounds like they ate for the rest of the day. Here's John calling in. recording
December 30, 2012
Lead guide Jacob Schmitz sent in the following report late last night. The team flew off the Ice yesterday and arrived back in Punta Arenas. Hello! Thank you for following our Mountain Trip Mount Vinson expedition. As I write this, Mountain Trip has one more expedition underway on Mount
December 29, 2012
Welcome to Mountain Trip's December 26th Mount Vinson Team. Our friend John Cheng from Australia is joining us down in Antarctica. John climbed Denali with us in 2011, and we appreciate his trust in joining us down at the other hemisphere for the next couple of weeks. Sebastian Grau Kundhardt,
December 29, 2012
Erika called in a post that provides some very nice details about their day hiking up the steep and narrow Relinchos Valley. The team made great time on their hardest day of the trip to date, as they climbed about 3,000' (1000m) from the broad, glacial plain of the Vacas
December 28, 2012
Joe Butler called in to report that the team made good time on the 8-mile hike to the site of their camp 2 on the approach to Base Camp. The weather was warm throughout much of the day, but became quite windy just before they arrived at Casa de Piedra,
December 27, 2012
Our fourth Aconcagua team is headed up the beautiful Vacas Valley, headed towards the eastern Base Camp for an attempt to climb the highest peak in the Americas. Three days of hiking will see them 25 miles from and almost 5000 feet above the trailhead. The team arrived in the
December 25, 2012
The team is back at Vinson Base Camp, following a very successful summit day. They packed up their camp and made the long march back down the Branscomb Glacier today and have been feasting on steaks and Chilean wine back in the relative luxury of our big dome tent at
