December 18, 2012
The Dec. 14 Mount Vinson team spent the day in base camp preparing gear and reviewing skills before setting off for Camp 1 tomorrow. They've got a pretty comfortable scene there on the glacier with a giant dome tent that we set up for dining, and some communal space for
December 18, 2012
The guys are back in the land of green plants and warmth today. They said goodbye to Jacob at Union Glacier Base, and hopped on the plane back to Punta Arenas. Congrat's again to Ed, Mike, and Cason for a great climb!
December 17, 2012
The team flew from Punta Arenas, Chile to Union Glacier base in Antarctica early this morning without delay. They had a short break at Union Glacier to have some lunch and sort out gear before jumping on another small ski plane for the 45 minute flight from Union Glacier base
December 16, 2012
The team had their final pre-flight briefing today and the weather looks good for a flight to the Union Glacier base in Antarctica tomorrow morning! This is always a big hurdle, as they are flying down to a solid blue ice runway on a glacier in Antarctica. They can only
December 15, 2012
The climbers are back to the Union Glacier Base this today after a 45 minute flight in a ski plane from Vinson Base Camp. They spent a couple of extra days at Vinson Base after their summit enjoying the beauty of Antarctica and getting their fill of winter camping. They
December 15, 2012
The Mountain Trip December 14th Mount Vinson Expedition team is meeting today at the southern tip of South America in the port city of Punta Arenas, Chile. They'll spend the next couple of days making all of the last minute preparations, and checking their gear list one last time before
December 15, 2012
Laura called from Mendoza this morning to give us the final trip wrap up. Sounds like they had a great time and are hoping to enjoy a bit of the culture of Argentina before heading back home in the next day or two. Congrats to the team, and we have
December 13, 2012
Joe, Rich, and Laura summitted Aconcagua yesterday (Wednesday 12/12/12) and are down at Plaza de Mulas base camp today enjoying the thick air, and the food of the base camp chef. They had sat phone difficulties for the last few days and were unable to call and give us the
December 13, 2012
Here's the call from Joe at base camp after a successful summit day on Aconcagua yesterday. recording
December 12, 2012
Cason called in from Vinson Base Camp this evening. They had a great summit day yesterday, and today packed up and headed all the way to our big comfortable dome tent at base camp. Listen to Cason's call. recording
