Trip Reports

TEAM J.Y. BACK IN MENDOZA

Hello and thank you for following our Aconcagua expedition! J.Y. and I had a great time on this trip. We experienced a variety of weather during the expedition: wonderful weather down low and some very high winds and snow at Camps 2 and 3. We battled 60 mph winds and snow on the 8th and…

Vinson Team at Camp 1

The team moved up to Camp 1 or “Low Camp” today and they are doing great.  It’s a bit cold, as is to be expected in Antarctica, but the weather has been pretty nice, and they are taking advantage of the sunshine. Joe had the honors of calling in for the team dispatch tonight: recording

Vinson Base Camp

The Mountain Trip Vinson Team flew down to the Union Glacier base in Antarctica yesterday in the big Russian jet, and then continued on in a smaller ski plane to Vinson Base Camp.  They settled in and spent the day making preparations to head on up to Camp 1 tomorrow.  We’re pretty proud of our…

Aconcagua team at Camp 2

J.Y. and Jacob are waiting out the weather at Camp 2 again today.  Yesterday and last night were quite windy, but it has eased up a bit today and allowed them to et out of camp for an acclimatization hike.   They plan to move up to high camp tomorrow! Listen to the call from Camp…