Trip Reports
The December 26th Mountain Trip Mount Vinson Expedition arrived in Antarctica today. They traveled aboard the giant Illyushin plane that carried them from Punta Arenas, Chile to the Union Glacier base in the heart of Antarctica. The climbers on this trip are Hui Ling McCarthy, and Michael Theologos who are meeting up with their…
The guys enjoyed a rest day today, a final chance to recover and acclimatize prior to the summit push. They hope to move to high camp tomorrow, and summit the following day! Sounds like they had a great day, listen to the call. recording
Jacob called in this evening from Camp 2 after climbing up to high camp at over 19,500 ft today. They had a good day and plan to rest tomorrow to get a bit more acclimatization and rest prior to moving up to high camp and pushing on to the summit! Listen to Jacob with the…
The December 16th team moved from Camp 1 to Camp 2 today, and Kaz called in a special team report in Japanese. While we don’t speak enough Japanese to translate the report, we do know that the team continues to move well and everyone is doing a great job. The team may elect to take…
The team had a great day, carrying a bit of gear, and most importantly getting acclimated to Camp 2 today before descending back down to Camp 1 for Christmas dinner. They are doing great and send their Christmas Wishes to their friends and family back home. Here’s Jacob calling in: recording
This morning the team packed up and left the relative comfort of Base Camp and moved to Camp 1, located just over 16,000 feet. Jacob reports that the team is feeling strong, and they are moving well, climbing to Camp 1 in approximately 4 hours. The ream will rest and enjoy their new surroundings the…
The team climbed up to Camp 1 with a load of food and gear to cache in preparation to move on up in on Christmas Eve! They dropped off their loads and then descended back to base camp. This is part of the acclimatization strategy of “climb high, sleep low” which gives them a chance…
The team arrived at Base Camp today, after about a five hour hike from their last camp at Casa De Piedra, down in the bottom of the Vacas Valley. The route took them across the Vacas River and up into the narrow defile where the tributary Rio Relinchos pours forth from a fairly deep ravine. …
Jacob called in this afternoon from Pampa de Lenas, the first camp on the 3 day trek up to base camp. It sounds like things are going great and they are happy to be beginning the climb. They’ll set up their tents and get a bit of rest before the traditional Argentine open fire barbeque…
Joe Butler called this morning to let us know that the team arrived safe and sound at Union Glacier. The plan is for the team to rest and relax today, and board another plane in the early hours of the morning to head back to Punta Arenas. This is an adventurous bunch! Two of the…