Trip Reports
The team moved up to Camp 1 today and they're settling in and enjoying burgers!  They are psyched to be moving up the mountain and breaking the grip of basecamp. The climb up to Camp 1 is a fun day crossing some big snow fields that melt into what they
An enthusiastic Stephen Berwanger called in from the moderately bustling Plaza Argentina base camp on the east side of South America's tallest mountain, Aconcagua. Today they started out at 10,000 feet in the broad Vacas Valley, after hiking eight miles yesterday to the Casa de Piedra (Stone House) camp on
Our last team of the 2024 Aconcagua season is on the move! Climbing Aconcagua is a great way to experience high altitude climbing on onr of the famed Seven Summits. Stephen Berwanger traveled to Mendoza, Argentina from southwest Colorado and was met by Fermin Avila, our longtime Mountain Trip guide.
The team is back in camp this evening after a long and tiring summit day. Congratulations to all the climbers, its a long day at high altitude and I'm sure they are exhausted, but it's great that everyone is settled back in and recovering.  They'll be heading to the Plaza
They're on the summit of Aconcagua!  Congratulations to the team they're on the summit of Aconcagua right now! It was a beautiful day, but it's a long climb at very high altitude and they're tired climbers. They left high camp early this morning and climbed at dusk, watching the sun
The Aconcagua climbers are settled into Camp Cólera at 19,500 ft tonight! This is high camp for the team and they're trying to get some rest before getting up early tomorrow and heading for the summit of Aconcagua.  John called in the dispatch this evening from camp as they watched
The team took a hike up to high camp, known as Camp Cólera at 19,500 ft! The weather has been on their side for the last few days and it looks like Sunday will be a nice summit day.  Today was an acclimatization hike, but tomorrow they plan to move
Katie made the call this evening for the teams expedition dispatch from Camp 2 on Aconcagua.  The morning started with an evacuation for Bob, who unfortunately had some vision problems and had to descend. Bob made it back to the hotel in Mendoza last night and is recovering. The rest
The team had a successful "carry day" today, climbing from Camp 1 up to Camp 2, at nearly 18,000 ft! They carried some of their extra personal equipment to cache up at C2, but their packs were relatively light today and it was mostly about acclimatizing to increasingly higher altitudes.
Aconcagua is known for it's wind and the team experienced some of that today as they moved up and settled in at Camp 1.  They left the comforts of basecamp and climbed up to about 16,400 ft where they set up their tents in the high winds.  They're all settled
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