They are on their way! The team heading up the Vacas Valley right after breakfast today. They enjoyed a beautiful day and hiked for about 4 hours before reaching their camp known as Pampa de Llenas. Everybody is doing great, and excited to be heading up the mountain and getting some exercise. They’ve got 2…
DetailsThe Vinson team is hanging tight in base camp waiting for a storm to blow through. There is some weather brewing down near the mountain with winds expected to reach nearly 60 mph for a day or two. Our team decided to wait it out in the comfort of base camp where they are less…
DetailsThe team left the beautiful city of Mendoza this morning and headed for the Andes. They stopped by the Aconcagua National Park office in Mendoza to pick up their climbing permits, and began the 3-4 hr drive up to a ski lodge in the Andes called “Penitentes” where they will spend the night before starting…
DetailsDon called in this evening with the daily update from Antarctica. It was a beautiful day, and Scott’s birthday! Happy Birthday Scott. They spent the day organizing their gear, and going for a hike in preparation for a move to Camp 1 tomorrow. Sounds like they are having a good time, and eating well. recording…
DetailsThe Mountain Trip December 19th Aconcagua expedition met in Mendoza today and are looking forward to heading up into the Andes tomorrow. A few of the team members had some travel challenges, and there was one bag that never made it to Mendoza, but after a bit of scrambling around to the local gear shops…
DetailsChris sent us the following photos from Mendoza yesterday. He, Lawrence, David and Fermin are all back in town and enjoying themselves after a long hike out from Plaza de Mulas. The expression, “horses for the barn” is really fitting on the hike through the Horcones Valley. Though the valley is spectacular, and more than…
DetailsWe got a call from our team in Antarctica this evening. They flew to base camp and are settled in for a couple of nights. Everyone is doing great and thrilled to be there, “A dream come true”.
Click to listen to the evening dispatch from Vinson Base Camp.
They got on the plane this afternoon in Punta Arenas, Chile, and landed on the ice runway of Union Glacier tonight! Everyone is thrilled to finally be in Antarctica and they’ll have some dinner and spend the night there before the next leg of their journey to base camp. Vinson base camp is another 40…
They are heading to the airport and flying to Antarctica in the next couple of hours! They’ve been waiting patiently, and are excited to be on their way. It typically takes a couple of hours to get everyone to the airport, and it is a 4 1/2 hour flight to the airstrip at the Union…
The team is on hold right now, waiting for weather to improve a bit in Antarctica before hopping on the plane. ALE has a pretty sophisticated weather forecast for the Union Glacier base area, with remote weather stations, and a full time meteorologist to help make the weather calls. It is usually winds that will…