Team success: summit! - Dispatch 5
We are proud to inform that the team got to the summit of Mt Aconcagua yesterday! (Saturday). Seven climbers and three guides stood there at 6962m -22,834 ft-, at the highest point in the Southern Hemisphere. They are all well and completed the traverse to Plaza de Mulas (the Normal route base camp) today. Guide Mike Bradley told me that they felt the earthquake that affected Chile, some four hours before they left High camp for the summit. "It w...
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High camp - dispatch 4
The team is moving to the 6,000m frontier tomorrow! They will move to high camp, or Colera, which is at 6,000m or 19,685 ft. Everyone is fine up there, Mike said. They plan to go for the summit on Saturday -the best day according to the weather forecast. We keep our fingers crossed for a beautiful summit day. I atach a picture of high camp -life is slow there, you think it twice before moving! Regards form Mendoza
Nicolás GarcíaAP M...
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Camp I - dispatch 3
After resting in base camp, the team moved succesfully to Camp I. There they will begin the high altitude acclimatization process, by doing carries of common gear and food to Camp II, above 5,000m. Mike said averyone is fine. One climber who wasn´t acclimatizating well enough, so he stayed at base camp one more day, to see if he could continue with the climb. I will keep you posted. Regards, Nicolás García AP Mendoza
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Resting at base camp
The expedition made it to base camp Plaza Argentina (14,000ft approx) yesterday. All climbers are guides are ok and enjoying a rest day. During the hike-in they shared an "asado criollo" -gaucho barbecue- with the muleteers. The group also had a nice view of the Polish Glacier (picture), from the trail. Leading guide Mike Bradley takes the time to call me every night from his sat phone -thank you Mike I appreciate it!- He says the group is awesom...
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Hiking to base camp
A group of nine climbers and three guides left Penitentes (small ski resort close to Mt Aconcagua) yesterday. They began their three day hike in to Plaza Argentina (14,000 ft aprox), the Ameghino route base camp. Mike Bradley (US) is the leading guide, and Augusto Ortega (Perú) and Eliana Caamaño (Argentina) are the other guides. The climbers are from places ranging from Dubai to Colorado. Due to the snow stroms in the US, getting t...
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