Trip Reports
Despite the high winds above, the team pushed loads of food and supplies to High Camp today! They worked hard, climbing a somewhat steep hill immediately above Camp 2 and then traversing up and north to access a shallow basin that drops off the north ridge of Aconcagua. Switchbacks led up the basin, passing bizarre…
Liina called in on behalf of the December 16th Aconcagua team. They are resting and watching high winds on the upper mountain, hoping for a lull in the wind. There is a significant wind event forecast for the upper mountain and so the team is hunkered down in the relative lower wind zone of Camp…
Mountain Trip guide Fermin Avila called in a quick update on the December 16th Aconcagua team who took a rest and acclimatization day at Camp Two, aka “Helicopter Camp.” The name Helicopter Camp comes from the bits and pieces of a crashed helicopter, which still adorn the camp, more than a dozen years after the…
The Aconcagua team is having a good time up at Camp 1 where they spent the day resting, acclimatizing, and strategizing about the next few days. There is a storm coming in and it looks like everyone is going to be hunkered down for a couple of days while it blows through. The team decided…
Julia called in on a beautiful Christmas Day on the eastern flank of South America’s tallest mountain. She reports that it was actually hot today, while the team carried loads up to 18,000′, depositing them at the site of their Camp 2. Today, the climbers shouldered packs and departed Camp 1, climbing up and counterclockwise…
Liina called in from Camp 1, after the team moved up about 3000 feet in perfect conditions. They were graced with a nice dusting of snow to help make it feel more like Christmas. Everyone did great and the team is nestled into camp at 16,400′. Tomorrow they will load up and carry some supplies…
Agne called in with what sounded to be a very informative, interesting and detailed report, but unfortunately, the satellite phone signal was not great, so we have only bits and pieces of the production that is Adrian’s water treatment system. I’m sure you’ll all be on pins and needles, awaiting the missing parts of that!!…
Adrian called in from Base Camp with a very detailed report from the mountain. Due to the challenges of conveying longer messages via satellite phone, it took three attempts to get the entire “agenda” across. The team decided to make a dispatch agenda so ensure they cover all the topics that they wanted to share.…
Julia called in to give us an update from our December 16th Aconcagua team. They are doing well, in great spirits and are excited to start the climb! Today, they rested at the Plaza Argentina Base Camp, giving their bodies a bit of time to adjust to the big jump in elevation from their previous…
Climber Adrian Fehr called in an update on the December 16 Aconcagua team, who traveled from Casa de Piedras to Aconcagua Base Camp! On their way, they fjorded several very cold rivers with the assistance of mules and their arrieyos. Adrian noted that the team received a “spa treatment” on the way up to…