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.
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
Finally, the group had its celebration dinner last night, in a fine steak restaurant, with some glass of Malbec wine.
Now they are ready to come back home and share with their loved ones their adventure in the Aconcagua
Yesterday the team reached the summit of the highest mountain in the World outside the Himalayas (with an altitude of 22,834 ft). A great achievement that they surely never forget!
They completed the Aconcagua traverse, by going down by a diferent route to the base camp of the normal route, Plaza de Mulas. And today they will go down to the city of Mendoza to rest and have a celebration dinner.
Congratulations to the group and the guide Gastón for the great effort.
We are attaching a picture of summit, taken by a previous group.
taken by a previous group.
After moving loads yesterday , the team moved to the camp II today.
They are all doing great, but it is very windy up high, so they will see tomorrow if the weather allows them to continue rising. Otherwise they will stay resting in camp II.
We are attaching a picture of a group moving to Camp II from a previous trip.
We will keep you informed.
The group arrived to Camp I (16,000 ft) and and they will bring a load of gear, tents and food to Camp II (18,000 ft) tomorrow. Everybody is feeling fine and doing a great job, because of the days that they spent in the base camp they have acclimated well.
We will keep you posted!
The team is still resting at base camp, they decided to stay a few extra days to gain a good acclimatization because in Plaza Argentina they have some services that they won’t have at the next stop. The guide called to say that they are well and preparing to carry loads up to camp I tomorrow.
We will keep you posted!
After three days of trekking the team arrived to Plaza Argentina (14200 ft), where they are going to rest and start preparing everything for the elevation. All of them are fine and excited to continue this adventure. Also, Gastón, the guide, and the whole group wish a Merry Christmas to all. We are attaching a picture of the approach to Base camp with Aconacagua’s east face in the background.
We will keep you informed