Today the eighth group of this season left Mendoza. They will spend a night in Penitentes and tomorrow will begin to walk to get to Base Camp. They rode a van to Los Penitentes, the last bed and hot shower in two weeks for them. Before that we shared a meeting and a welcoming dinner […]
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The team reach High Camp 19,200 ft today. They are at almost 6000 m! If the weather allows them tomorrow they will try to reach the summit. They will get up early and after breakfast they will begin the to the top of the highest peak outside of Himalayas. The team is feeling good, the
The team reach High Camp 19,200 ft today. They are at almost 6000 m! If the weather allows them tomorrow they will try to reach the summit. They will get up early and after breakfast they will begin the to the top of the highest peak outside of Himalayas. The team is feeling good, the
The team made it safely to Camp II. The group is highly motivated They are working hard and trying to gain altitude while keeping the energy. Mili says that the plan is to move to High Camp, at 19,600 ft, tomorrow, and then if all goes well go for the summit on Friday, depending on
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The team carried the loads to Camp I (15,750 ft.) yesterday. Mili said that everyone did well and are fine. They decided to rest today and move to that camp tomorrow. As we said, this technique helps with the acclimatization process We attach a picture where you can see base camp from the path to
After hiking the Vacas Valley and the Relinchos Valley, the 6 climbers and 2 guides arrived today to Plaza Argentina (14200 ft). Everyone is fine, tomorrow they are going to rest and enjoy the comforts of Base Camp. They will also get ready for the carry to camp I. From here they will do a
It was supposed that this group would be in Penitentes on Sunday but nature intervened . On Saturday there was a big storm in Mendoza that caused landslides that cut off the route between Penitentes and Mendoza and Park Authorities had closed the park. So the group decided to stay one more night in the
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After reaching the Base Camp, Plaza de Mulas, on saturday the group went down to Penitentes on Sunday and yesterday they arrived to Mendoza. They were lucky because Penitentes to Mendoza route was cut off by landslides but we got a special permission to go look for them. So last night they enjoyed a very
Rolo just called from the summit! The team is now enjoying the view from the highest point in America (22,834 ft). The group is going back to High Camp and will go to Plaza de Mulas base camp tomorrow, completing the Aconcagua Traverse, from there they will hike to the trailhead. Congratulations to all of
The team is carrying loads to Camp II (17,500 ft.) today. After that they will spend one more night at Camp I and then move to Camp II. Rolo said that everybody is fine and doing a great job. Besides the weather for the next few days is good, so they have the opportunity to
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