First Summit of the year
Our 4th expedition of the year stood at the top of the Hemisphere yesterday! They stood at 22.834 ft, in the summit of Mt Aconcagua, with the Andes and the Americas below them. Unless you take a ladder, there´s no way to get higher than that in this half of the World, since only in the Himalayas there are higher mountains. Quite a way to begin a year, in my opinion.
I haven´t heard from the guides, but our base camp stuff confirmed th...
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A wave of heat in the High Andes?
...Or just a Christmas Eve hang over + thin air... One way or the oher, these climbers in the picture seem to have decided to come back to Mother Nature, or Pachamama. And yes, they are climbers from the team. A free trip if you guess who they are... (just joking). Ok besides this awesome photographic document, the team is doing great, they are at Camp II (some 18,000 ft), strong and getting ready to go for the summit. Weather is ok and so is the...
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Merry Christmas from your loved ones
I have received an email from the guide Martin, from base camp, with a message to the relatives, friends, loved ones, etc, of the climbers in AP#4 expedition: they say they are all well, highly motivated and happy, and they wish you all a Merry Chistmas. They had the nice gesture of sending a photograph, which I am happy to share with you, of the team relaxing at the dinning tent. I also wish you a good time, whether you celebrate the holiday or ...
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Resting at Plaza Argentina
Everyone in the group is doing great. They completed the approach yesterday and are having a rest day in our base camp (picture), after sharing an "asado" -BBQ- wirh the gauchos and seeing the big Polish Glacier from the trail (picture). They will do a carroy of gear tomorrow, and will go back to base camp for a big Christmas party in the mountain. I will keep you posted!Nicolás
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Twelve climbers and a mountain
A new Aventuras Patagonicas expedition left Mendoza (Argentina) yesterday. Nine climbers and three guides joined forces to do their best in the big challenge of climbing the highest mountain in the World outside of the Himalayas range. At 22,834 ft, Mt Aconcagua stands tall in the Central Andes, one head above the lesser peaks that surround it. But the climbers still have to "earn" that awesome view, as they have two weeks in the hill before that...
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