David Bailey and Lawrence Cutler just called in from the summit of South America! The two climbers, with out guides Christian Kerrick and Fermin Avila are standing on top at this moment. They had a beautiful day to climb, following some incredibly high winds earlier in the week. The team was patient and deliberate, which…
DetailsThe following two messages just came through from lead guide Chris Kerrick. Chris, Lawrence, David and Fermin are all at the base of the long, rocky gully known as the Canaleta, which leads right up to the summit, roughly 800′ above them. It sounds like they are doing really, really well, judging from Chris’s comments…
DetailsWelcome to the trip dispatches for the Mountain Trip Dec.13th Mount Vinson Expedition! Our team met today in Punta Arenas Chile to make the final preparations, and last gear checks before heading to Antarctica for this 2 week expedition to climb the highest peak on the coldest continent. We’ll be posting updates on their progress…
DetailsThis report came in at about 5 am MST, about 2 hours ago. The team is headed for the summit of Aconcagua in beautiful conditions!! They called from an old hut, or rather the remains of an old hut, called Independencia, situated at about 21,000. They were still a good few hours from the summit,…
DetailsLawrence called in this afternoon, but was cut off mid dispatch. We talked to the guys after that and they are all doing great after moving up to high camp on a beautiful warm day. It was a really amazing windless day up at over 19,000 ft on one of the windiest mountains around. Tomorrow…
DetailsChris called this morning to check in and to let us all know that the team is resting and acclimatizing at Camp 2 today. They made a carry yesterday and everyone did well, but have decided that it makes sense to spend today letting their bodies get a bit more accustomed to the rarefied air…
DetailsIt sounds like they’re having what can only be described as a darn good time…
Here is Chris and David, calling in from 18,000 feet on Aconcagua:
Nov 28 Acon Chris and David from 18K
Lawrence called in from Camp 2 at 18,000′. The team moved up to what is known as “Helicopter Camp” on the 9th of December under mixed weather, alternating between very hot and quite chilly. Chris also called in to report that everyone is doing great. They hiked through about a foot of snow yesterday, en…
Our friend Lawence has a Spot GPS device along with him and asked that we share the link to the device’s webpage where yu can follow the team’s progress as the ascend the Ameghino Valley route of Aconcagua.
Here is the link:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0YEs41LElZUrVxX07ErEPnGi0khCC6tqN
It was a day to acclimate and rest up before moving up the mountain today. The guys enjoyed the luxuries of base camp and watched movies as their bodies did the work of acclimatizing. It snowed a bit again today, but that’s pretty typical on a giant mountain in the Andes. Click the link to…