December 4, 2010 Vinson Camp 1 checked in Saturday afternoon at 12:30 “Looks like we’re going to be sitting again today – weather’s improving but not enough to warrant going up high. The nice thing is that we have plenty of time and plenty of gas and food here at Camp 1. We also have […]
December 3, 2010 Phil called in from C1 on Vinson to report that they’re in the middle of their first “weather imposed rest day”. It’s pretty windy where they’re located and extremely windy up high. They spent the morning building up their wind walls and are currently in the middle of an intense game of […]
December 2, 2010 Well, the team is back in Quito winding down after 2+ weeks here in Ecuador. As you know we got shutdown during our first two weeks here but we came on strong these last two days with summits of Illiniza Norte and Illiniza Sur! Iliniza Norte was a great climb (both times) […]
December 2, 2010 Phil called in this morning to report that the carry to High Camp went off without a hitch. The weather held out as expected and everybody did great yesterday ascending the 4000 linear feet of fixed lines to High Camp then descending back to C1. Today they’ll catch up on their sleep […]
December 1, 2010 After getting shut-down on Cotopaxi (weather) and Cayambe (avalanche hazard) and Illiniza Norte yesterday (thunder & lightning), Greg reports that the team gave Illiniza Norte another try today and summited at 10:30am this morning! Not a bad way to celebrate Romulo’s 50th birthday! They’re back at the hut that sits in the […]
December 1, 2010 Phil called in from Antarctica last night to report that he and his team moved to C1 (9500ft.) yesterday. Good weather and firm snow made for a great day. More good weather is expected today for their carry to High Camp (12,500ft.) but the forecast takes a turn for the worse on […]
