Base Camp slumber party
Joe called back and it sounds like they are having a good time up there. They are all sleeping in the big dining tent tonight, and they’ll call tomorrow with some updates. Listen to the call: recording
Trip Reports
Joe called back and it sounds like they are having a good time up there. They are all sleeping in the big dining tent tonight, and they’ll call tomorrow with some updates. Listen to the call: recording
After a pretty epic wind storm that destroyed tents all over Aconcagua last night, our team packed up their ripped up tents and descended back to base camp to regroup. Aconcagua can be a very windy mountain, and this was a big wind storm even for Aconcagua with tents ripped apart by wind even at…
The team took advantage of a beautiful day, and moved up to camp 1 or “low camp” today. They spent just over 5 hours on the trail and pulled into camp and had the place all to themselves. The weather is expected to stay nice for the next few days, so they are off to…
Jacob Schmitz called in from the bottom of our planet today! After one day of delay in Punta Arenas, the team loaded up and flew the 4.5 hours from the tip of South America to land on the immense Union Glacier, on the continent of Antarctica. Not too long after arriving, two plane loads of…
Joe Butler called from Camp 1 at about 16,400′ on the east side of Aconcagua. They had a good hard push up to camp yesterday and a couple of the team are benefiting from resting today. The winds have been pretty strong, blowing about 30 knots, and in the morning, they considered calling it a…
Jacob called this morning to say that they are heading to Antarctica this morning! The weather is good and the flight is on, so they are all excited to get underway. recording
Jacob called in from the Vinson Team from the southern tip of Chile. They are ready to go, bags are loaded on the plane, and they’ll be flying down as soon as they get the go ahead from the weather forecaster in Antarctica. Click the link to listen to the audio dispatch from Jacob. recording
Hello everyone and welcome to the Mountain Trip Vinson December 2nd expedition dispatches. Jacob here, checking in, and happy to let all of you know that the entire team has arrived with all of our bags (which is the first big hurdle of the trip). Let me introduce the team. Michael Koy from the US.…
Scott had the honors of making the evening check in from Plaza Argentina base camp. The team had another day to rest and acclimatize here before pushing up to Camp 1 tomorrow. Sounds like they are doing great and enjoying the little luxuries of base camp for one last day. Here’s Scott: recording
Eli called this afternoon from high camp at “White Rocks” on Aconcagua. They are doing great and are planning to leave for the summit tonight at around 10pm. The winds are still fairly strong, but they hope to have a reasonable night and early morning summit!