Trip Reports
The team moved up to Camp 2 today and they are still moving strong and enjoying spectacular weather. The weather may be changing a bit in the next few days, but this evening at camp 2 they are enjoying the views and eating steaks! From Camp 2 they get the first really good views of…
From our guide extraordinaire, Fermin.
The team enjoyed good weather for the carry to Camp 2. It’s a pretty big day, with over 1,500′ elevation gain (at altitude), and the team was rewarded with spectacular views. They woke up, packed up a load of food, fuel and supplies, and ascended the broad bowl of scree at the uppermost portion of…
Lance called in the team’s report today from Camp 1. It sounds like the team is doing great and eating lots of Fermin’s delicious cooking, fueling themselves for the ascent. The plan is to carry a load of equipment and supplies to Camp 2 tomorrow. Camp 2 is a beautiful camp, perched on the east…
Sophie called in tonight from the January 27th Aconcagua Team after a final day of acclimatizing and resting at base camp before pushing on up the mountain. They had another beautiful day and enjoyed the last night of the luxuries of base camp, but it’s time to move on. They are doing great and anxious…
Today they team ate a nice breakfast in the comfort of their Base Camp dining tent and then shouldered their packs to carry loads up to 16,400′. The route up from the Plaza Argentina Base Camp starts by climbing up a rather steep bit of moraine, the rocky debris pushed ahead by the last glacier…
The team is enjoying a rest day at the Plaza Argentina base camp today. This is an important day for them to acclimatize to the high altitude, and recover a bit before pushing on up the mountain. They prepared their gear and food for the upper mountain, and had a chance to wander around the…
Lisa called in a fun update from the Plaza Argentina Base Camp, located at 13,800′ on the east side of Aconcagua. The team is doing great and enjoying some really nice weather. Base Camp is an interesting place, as Lisa hints at in her post. There are often climbers from all parts of the globe…
Sophie and Dave called in to update us on the progress of the team. They hiked another eight miles yesterday, arriving at the second camp on the approach in good time and with beautiful weather. This morning, they crossed the Rio Vacas on horseback before the sun hit, which is a really good reason to…
Lance called in from the first camp on the hike into Aconcagua. The team spent about 5.5 hours on the trail today, hiking eight miles from the mouth of the Vacas Valley to a camp on the west side of the Rio Vacas called Pampas de Lenas. This was the first sort of “shake down”…