Trip Reports
Reinette and Veronica called from 13,800′ (4200m) this afternoon, following a hot day of hiking up the Relinchos Valley. The team awoke early, so as to get a head of the hottest part of the day. Immediately out of their camp at Casa de Piedra, they had to cross the flowing and bitterly cold Vacas…
The Mount Vinson team had a quick descent from high camp to base camp, and then immediately caught a plane back to Union Glacier, and then on to Punta Arenas Chile where they arrived last night. It was a bit of a whirlwind descent, but they are thrilled to be back from a great expedition…
The team took turns reporting from the end of today’s 8 mile hike up the Vacas Valley. They made good time, on a beautiful day in the desert. The hike began in a fairly narrow river valley, hiking along a good trail, with little in the way of elevation gain. Everyone is doing great and…
Listen to the team as they call from the summit of Mount Vinson this afternoon. Congratulations to the Mount Vinson team, Rich, Mathij, and Jacob for reaching the highest point in Antarctica today! The weather held out and they climbed the final stretch to the summit of Mount Vinson with beautiful weather and are enjoying…
Jacob checked in from the Mountain Trip Vinson team as they finished up breakfast and prepare to head to the summit this morning! They had a good day yesterday moving up to high camp after a slow start to the trip due to snow and wind and generally bad weather. The weather has changed finally,…
Jacob called in a great expedition dispatch from high camp on Mount Vinson this afternoon. The team has finally caught a break in the weather and were able to make the move up a relatively steep section of the route that brought them to high camp. This section of the route is known for the…
As the days grow shorter in the northern hemisphere, why not chase the sun and head south?!? A team of climbers from around the globe are headed to the western edge of Argentina to attempt to climb the highest peak in all of the Americas, Cerro Aconcagua. Rising to almost 7000 meters, this peak is…
Rich Ward called in from our Mount Vinson expedition. The team got a slight break in the weather and pushed up the Branscomb Glacier yesterday. They made it to “Low Camp,” which is at nearly 10,000 feet (3050m), below a steep face that leads up to High Camp. The weather has been quite a bit…
Our final Mount Vinson expedition team of the 2015/16 season is still waiting at base camp for the weather to improve. It’s been a bit windy and snowy up higher on the mountain for the last few days and they’ve decided to remain patient in base camp for the weather to improve. It can be…
The January Mountain Trip Vinson Expedition made the flight from the Union Glacier Base to the Mount Vinson Base Camp yesterday evening and is settled in to their comfortable base camp. The weather in camp is pretty nice, but sounds windy and stormy up higher on the mountain today so they’ll spend the day preparing…