2015 - 2016 Season Dispatches Archives - Aventuras Patagonicas

Leaving Penitentes

Aventuras Patagonicas — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:35:10 +0000

Our fourth group has begun to hike today to the first camp going through Puntas de Vacas. In Pampa de Leña they will enjoy a traditional argentine asado prepare for the arrieros. In the picture is the group with Gastón Molina, the guide. They are in Penitentes before starting to walk. The weather looks good for the coming days so we hope they will have a pleasant hike to base camp.

We will keep you informed.

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High Camp

Aventuras Patagonicas — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:28:31 +0000

Gaston called from High Camp (19,700ft). Their plan is to leave early tomorrow to the summit, hoping that the weather allows them, if not they will descend to Plaza de Mulas.

They are fine and the long days spent working in the mountain have prepared the climbers for the effort but everything depends on the weather!

We are attaching a picture of High camp, taken by a previous group.

We will keep you informed

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Camp II!

Aventuras Patagonicas — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 02:42:19 +0000

The team is now at Camp II, called Nido de Condores (17651 ft.). They are doing a very good work trying to gain altitude while keeping the energy.

The whole group is really motivated, plus the good weather accompany the coming days. So they plan to reach the Summit on the 4th or the 5th.

For now, the next step is to move the loads or moving to High Camp at almost 6000 m!

We attach a picture of Nido de Condores.

We will be posting more news soon!

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Big achievement

Aventuras Patagonicas — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 22:18:16 +0000

The team reached High Camp (19455 ft.) yesterday but today they decided to come down to Base camp, Plaza de Mulas, where they are recovering. Unfortunately they did not reach the summit but they are very happy and preparing to return to Mendoza. It is better to be cautious, as always the safety of our members is our main concern.

Anyway they have had an incredible experience that they will remember for the rest of their lives. Congratulation to the them for their monumental effort, they were higher than most people in the world!

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Camp II!

Aventuras Patagonicas — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 22:26:46 +0000

The team is now at Camp II, called Nido de Condores (17651 ft.). They are doing a very good work trying to gain altitude while keeping the energy.

The whole group is really motivated, plus the good weather accompany the coming days. So they plan to reach the Summit on the 4th or the 5th.

For now, the next step is to move the loads or moving to High Camp at almost 6000 m!

We attach a picture of Nido de Condores.

We will be posting more news soon!

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Successful move to Camp I

Aventuras Patagonicas — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 22:27:50 +0000

The team has successfully move to Camp I today. Mili said that everyone is fine, they are acclimatizing well and working hard.

If everybody feels well they will go to Camp II tomorrow, If not they will rest one day at Camp I. The forecast looks good for the next few days so they have the opportunity to take a day for rest if it is necessary. Anyway they are very good and motivated! Tonight they will decide what they will do tomorrow.

Here is a beautiful photo of the sunset from the mountain

We will keep you posted.

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First carry to Camp I

Aventuras Patagonicas — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 13:26:48 +0000

The team completed a carry to Camp I (16,000 ft) today. Now they are back to the comfort of Base Camp and will rest tomorrow there. They plan to move to Camp I on Monday! Everyone is well and getting used to the altitude.

This stage of the climb is very important, because it is when the climbers complete the acclimatization process. From here they will do carries to higher altitudes, then sleeping at lower altitude, and just then moving to the next camp, where they will rest, carry again, then move up. Patience is the key.

We attach a picture of Base Camp taken in previous trip.

We will keep you posted.

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Base Camp!

Aventuras Patagonicas — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 16:28:02 +0000

The team arrived at Plaza de Mulas (14107 ft) base camp today. They spent two nights at the camp Confluence. As they were there they went to camp Plaza Francia where there is a perfect view of the south face of Aconcagua.

It was a walk that help them with the process of acclimatization.

They will rest a day at Base Camp and then decide what to do. Everybody is fine and did it great!

We attach a picture of the view of the Aconcagua from Plaza Francia.

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Three climbers and a mountain

Aventuras Patagonicas — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:43:26 +0000

Our ninth group of this season is in the lodge at Penitentes, where they are going to spend a night, eagerly waiting to go into the mountains.

Tomorrow they will begin their hike. This time they will do the normal route. They will spend two nights at Camp Confluence and then reach the base camp Plaza de Mulas (14,340 ft). This hike is good to acclimatize.

The team is lead by Emiliano Poletti (Mili) who has just come back from the summit whit AP7. This is a small team but we are sure that they are going to have great time on the mountain.

We attach the clasic picture of the group before leaving Mendoza.

We will post more information every time I talk to them by the satellite telephone.

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SUMMIT!

Aventuras Patagonicas — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:47:32 +0000

The team got to the summit!! The group stood at 22,834 ft, the highest point of America and the highest mountain out of Himalayas. Probably a lifetime experience for everyone. It was a hard day but now the team is going to High Camp where they are going to sleep tonigth.

Tomorrow they will be going down to Plaza de Mulas, to complete the Aconcagua traverse and they will be at Mendoza on Monday.

Congratulations to the team!

We are very happy for them.

Here is a picture of the summit risge taken in a previous trip.

we will inform you when they get to Mendoza!

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