December 24, 2012
The climbers are all back in camp, eating and relaxing after a great summit day. Great job everyone! They'll sleep in a bit tomorrow and head all the way down to base camp to have a celebratory Christmas Dinner! Here's Jacob from High Camp. recording
December 24, 2012
The team is on top of Mount Vinson and they passed the satellite phone around so everyone could say hello from the top of Antarctica. Congratulations to all, and especially Mitch who just completed the 7 summits with this climb. Listen to the team on top of Mount Vinson. recording
December 24, 2012
Jacob called to give us a progress report on their summit day. They are doing great, very light wind and relatively warm temps today, so a great day to go to the top. They are still a few hours from the summit, but everybody is doing well and they should
December 24, 2012
recording The Vinson team moved up to high camp yesterday, and woke this morning to a beautiful warm (Antarctica style) day and they are going to head for the summit! They've had breakfast and will be packing up and leaving in the next 30 minutes or so. We hope to
December 22, 2012
It was another day of strong winds today on Aconcagua as the team attempted to move up to Camp 2 at almost 18,000 ft. They were getting blown around by the strong winds, and setting tents up in these strong winds would have been very difficult. With a forecast of
December 22, 2012
The team enjoyed a day to acclimatize and rest before moving to high camp tomorrow. The highlights of the day included food, naps, and a bit of football. All is well in for the team tonight and they say hi to their families back home. Here's the call from Antarctica.
December 21, 2012
The team is doing great and they carried a load of food, fuel and a bit of gear up to high camp today. It's mostly a day to acclimatize to the higher altitudes, and then descend back to the "Low Camp" to sleep and recover. They had a bit of
December 20, 2012
Vanessa Blasic called in today from the first of two camps that the team will establish as they make their way up towards the top of Antarctica. The crew left the comfort of Base Camp, and the shelter of our huge Mountain Hardwear Space Station dome tent, and hauled sleds
December 20, 2012
Mountain Trip has long supported a small, not-profit school for special needs children in the Four Corners region. This year, we offered a Benefit Climb of the highest peak in the Americas as part of our efforts to help keep this school funded and operational. Our friends from Denali in
December 19, 2012
Mitch called in to report on the team's activity. They flew from Union Glacier to Vinson Base Camp on December 17. After spending just a couple of hours at the bustling Union Glacier camp, they boarded a ski-equipped Twin Otter and flew the short flight to the Branscomb Glacier and
