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 the team. Everyone is excited…
DetailsThe 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!
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 to Vinson Base Camp. The…
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 fly the big Illyushin jet…
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 are scheduled to fly back…
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 hopping on a plane bound…
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 to say we are really…
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 update, but they are all…
Here’s the call from Joe at base camp after a successful summit day on Aconcagua yesterday.
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.