Trip Reports
Lead guide, Fermin, called in to report that the team is taking a rest day today at Base Camp. It’s a cold, but lovely, day with new snow accumulation. The plan is for the team to continue ascending higher up the mountain tomorrow. Here’s Fermin: Recording
Josie called in an update from the Aconcagua team at base camp. They climbed up to Camp 1 with some equipment to cache for their move, and more importantly, to continue their acclimatization process. They’ll make a couple of climbs up above base camp in the next few days, returning to sleep at base camp.…
The team is settled in at the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp on Aconcagua for a few days of acclimatizing and recovering. They’ll go for some hikes up higher on the mountain to get their bodies ready for the move to higher altitude and thinner air in the next few days. For now, they are…
The team woke up this morning at Confluencia Camp, fueled up on breakfast, and continued hiking up the Horcones Valley to the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp! It’s a beautiful hike up to 14,100 feet (4,300 meters)—and a picturesque spot at the top of the valley and the base of Aconcagua—where they’ve settled in for…
The team spent the day hiking around the Confluencia zone to acclimatize. and are eating very well at the comfortable camp. Meals are prepared at the Confluencia Camp, as well as at Plaza de Mulas base camp by the cooks from Fernando Grajales, our expedition support on Aconcagua. They have comfortable dining tents and a…
The journey has begun and they are at the Confluencia Camp (3400 m/11,150 ft) on the approach to Aconcagua. On the approach to basecamp, they’re trekking with a day pack and the expedition gear is carried by Mules up the Horcones Valley. Our team will take an extra day at the Confluencia Camp to acclimatize…
Our Aconcagua team is assembled in Mendoza, Argentina, and poised to head up the trail tomorrow morning. Two climbers will be accompanied by our longtime Aconcagua guide, Fermin Avilà. Fermin has summited Aconcagua more than 30 times, and has been leading trips for Mountain Trip for the last decade. Aconcagua is the tallest peak in…
The guys are back down in the town of Cortaderas this evening enjoying the little luxuries of running water and a bed after their summit attempt yesterday. It sounds like they all had a great experience traveling in Argentina, visiting some small towns high in the Andes, and attempting to summit the third highest peak…
James called in this evening after returning from their summit attempt today on Cerro Pissis. They didn’t reach the summit today, but they’re already making plans to return next year for another go at it! They climbed to over 21,000 feet today, which is and extremely high altitude that is hard to find outside of…
James called in from high camp on Cerro Pissis for the evening expedition dispatch! They moved up with all their gear today and will get some rest before heading for the summit in the pre-dawn hours of the morning. They’ve got about 3,000 feet of climbing left to do to reach the 6,795 meter (22,293…