Trip Reports
The team hiked into the mountains today to their first camp at a place called Pampa de Lenas. They had a beautiful warm day to start their expedition and arrived in camp by 4pm this afternoon. For dinner tonight they enjoyed a traditional Asada which is a variety of steak and sausages cooked over an…
Jacob called in this evening from the ski lodge at Penitentes. They are spending one last night in a bed before starting the trek towards Aconcagua base camp tomorrow. Click on the link and listen to Jacob. We hope to get daily reports from the team, so follow along and listen to their progress. recording…
Jacob emailed a photo from in front of the Executive Hotel in Mendoza. The team is en route up to the small ski resort of Penitentes, where they will finalize their packing and pass loads along for the arrieiros (mule drivers) to load onto their mules for the hike into Base Camp.
The team met yesterday as the last of the crew arrived in Mendoza. They did the final checks to be sure that everyone had the gear they needed, and then retreated to a local pub for a “Team Meeting” before dinner. They enjoyed the classic steak and Malbec dinner in Mendoza at A Zafran in…
Our final team for the 2011/12 Aconcagua team is meeting in Mendoza today! They’ll spend the afternoon checking gear and enjoying a beautiful summer day in Mendoza Argentina. It’s a beautiful city with sidewalk cafe’s and big city parks every couple of blocks. They’ll go out for a “welcome dinner” tonight, Mendoza is famous for…
Final Blog Dispatch Aconcagua Dec 19th Expedition As I sit and write this last blog update I think to myself can it get any HOTTER! It is hard to believe that just a few short days ago we were on the highest point in the Southern and Western Hemispheres. Nick the “Brit” said that it…
Zach just called in to the office to let us know that the entire team is back in Mendoza, swapping photos from their climb. They hiked out the Horcones Valley yesterday, in a long push downhill from the bustling Plaza de Mulas base camp on the West side of the mountain. Arriving at the trailhead,…
Our December 19 Aconcagua team arrived back in Mendoza late last night after a long day. They awoke yesterday at Plaza de Mulas base camp at over 14,000 ft and about 18 miles from the trailhead. They hiked down the Horcones Valley where they were met a van which brought them back to Mendoza late…
The guys are back down to basecamp this afternoon and enjoying some food and beer at the relatively low elevation of only 14,000 ft. Everyone is doing great and feeling good in the thick air of base camp. Our teams do a traverse of Aconcagua, and descend a different route than they climb up. They…
The team is back at high camp after what sounds like a great summit day. Hideko and Fermin made it to the summit of Aconcagua and are back in camp, along with Zach, Nick and Yashushi. Shlomo is recuperating from a bug that laid him low today. We’re all sorry that he was unable to…