Trip Reports
Yesterday the December 16th Team secured their climbing permits and enjoyed the sights of Mendoza. They dined al fresco at a street-side restaurant in Mendoza, a fun and lively scene. With permits in hand and all their gear in order, the team departed for Penitentes this morning. We’ll probably hear more from them tonight.
A long-time friend of ours joined Mountain Trip guide Jim Toman on one of southwest Colorado’s classic multi-pitch ice routes yesterday. Paul Froelich traveled to the small, alpine town of Ouray to climb “The Ribbon” a very fun, WI4 route that is in great condition right now. The climbing on the route is engaging, but…
Joe Butler called in from Vinson Base Camp, after the team descended from high camp, following their successful summit of Mount Vinson on Friday. The plan is to fly to Union Glacier in the ski-equipped Twin Otter airplanes; however, the weather has shut down flights for the time being. One good thing about Antarctica in…
Our second Aconcagua team of the climbing season has started to arrive in Mendoza, Argentina. We have had some flight cancellations and delays, but it looks like everyone will arrive by tomorrow evening, and we can launch the trip as scheduled. Thankfully, our climbers all decided to arrive a day or two early, and those…
Basia Goska was cut off in the team’s earlier call from the summit of Mount Vinson, but here she is! If anyone can translate her message, I’d really appreciate it. GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!! recording
The entire team of our December 2nd Vinson climbers reached the summit of Antarctica today!!! The elated message called in by Joe was cut a bit short, due to the challenges of making phone calls from Antarctica (go figure!), but everyone did great and we are very proud of all their efforts. Congratulations to all…
Basia called in a very nice post from the site of the team’s high camp. The team climbed up the steepest part of the route, which utilizes over 2,000 feet of fixed lines and are safely established at camp, poised and ready to climb to the summit tomorrow! Here is Basia: recording
One of the benefits of 24 hours of sunlight, is that you can work when you have the opportunity to work… The team awoke to windy conditions today (Dec 11), but as the day progressed, they found themselves looking at weather conditions that were trending towards better and better, so they packed up and headed…
We just received word that the team remained at Low Camp today. Apparently the wind is blowing strong and steady up high, and the team made the decision to remain at Low Camp until the weather becomes a bit more settled. It appears that the weather is trending better the next couple of days, so…
Sandra called in the team report today from Low Camp, where the team has been hunkered down waiting out a wind storm. It sounds like the team was able to get out and about today, hiking below beautiful Mt. Shinn and practicing some skills. The team is staying warm and comfortable, and if the weather…