Trip Reports
There are no certain outcomes in the mountains. This is one of the reasons many of us go into the wild and often harsh alpine environments. Such a sentiment is easy to understand from the comfort of home, but when face to face with the inability to accomplish a goal for which one has trained…
Unfortunately Jack’s trip report was cut off due to the challenges of satellite phone communication, but all is well and he and Fermin are making their way back to “civilization.” Here’s Jack: Here are some images Fermin sent from the days moving up to High Camp and a couple from the descent down to Plaza…
All three climbers contributed to the trip report today. It sounds like everyone is doing well, but they are anxious for the weather to clear in order to continue climbing. Fingers crossed! Here’s Joao and Francisca: recording
Fermin called in this evening from the Plaza de Mulas base camp on Aconcagua. The team descended today after some pretty rough weather at high camp and never had a good opportunity to summit. We’ll get some more details from the climbers tomorrow after they’ve had a night to rest in the relative comfort of…
The Mount Vinson team is at high camp today after moving up from Camp 1 yesterday. They are doing great and enjoying some great food, acclimatizing and recovering after a big day yesterday. Now they are going to watch the weather and pick a good day to go to the summit! Here’s the call from…
Jack called in from high camp on Aconcagua, located at just near 20,000 feet above sea level. They spent last night camped in rough, windy and snowy conditions, hoping that the morning would dawn a bit more clear. It’s hard to convey how difficult it is to lie there for hours, listening to the wind…
The Mount Vinson Expedition moved up to Camp 1 yesterday! The weather in Antarctica has improved after a stormy week and our team is taking advantage of their good luck and are moving right up the mountain. They’ll take a rest day tomorrow, and then move up to Camp 2 (high camp) as early as…
Fermin called in with an expedition dispatch from Camp 3 (High Camp) on Aconcagua. They moved up today to the 19,700ft camp and hope to head for the summit as soon as tomorrow! Everyone is doing well, but certainly feeling the altitude up there tonight. Weather has been cooperating, and they hope it holds out…
A new expedition dispatch from our Mount Vinson team in Antarctica as they flew to Vinson Base Camp today. After waiting for the weather to improve at the Union Glacier base in Antarctica for the last couple of days, the Mount Vinson team finally flew to the Vinson Base Camp today! They were enjoying the…
The winds let up and they had a beautiful rest day at Camp 2 today! Fermin (our guide) ran a load of food and fuel up to High Camp this morning after breakfast while Dennis and Jack recovered from yesterdays tough move up to Camp 2. This afternoon, Fermin and Eliana made small pizzas for…