January 17, 2012 Eben called in yesterday afternoon with an update on the team; they have successfully moved to Camp 1 @ 15,000ft on Aconcagua. It is breezy and cold, but clear and the team is happy and healthy. Today they’ll carry to C2. All is well. George Dunn
January 17, 2012 Craig John and the entire Kili team have arrived in Moshi to begin preparations for the climb. All bags have arrived too! Nice to start things off smoothly. After a tour of Moshi, the team made final packing decisions and hauled their duffel bags one last time before handing them off to […]
January 15, 2012 Things don’t always go as planned, if they did this job would be boring. Aconcagua Eben called in with good news on Aconcagua, despite the recent snow, they were able to make their carry to C1. Tomorrow they’ll make the move and establish camp, tonight it’s back to Plaza Argentina for what […]
January 13, 2012 Ecuador Phil called in from Otavalo. The team enjoyed some urban acclimatization with a tour of Old Town Quito. Remember Quito sits at roughly 10,000ft so just getting around town is an adjustment. After their tour they loaded up and made their way to Otavalo, but not without a quick stop at […]
January 12, 2012 We received a voice mail from Greg late last night (3am in Antarctica) as they were boarding the IL-76 bound for Punta Arenas, Chile – “We’re coming home”. Schedules are hard to keep given the nature of the terrain, but this time it all went according to plan. After a quick siesta […]
January 12, 2012 Eben called in this afternoon from Casa de Piedra, their second trekking camp en route to Plaza Argentina. All is well though it did rain a bit today which is quite unusual for Aconcagua. And even more unusual was the hail they received at camp. Neither bout of precip lasted much longer […]
January 11, 2012 Greg called in from Antarctica this morning to report that they’re likely to get off the ice as scheduled. Let’s hope the next phone call we get from Greg and the Vinson team is from South America! All is well otherwise – they’re just killing time. Note: killing time after having summitted […]
January 11, 2012 This time of year things get a little hectic in Central & South America. Let’s have a look at what’s happening to our South: Ecuador Phil is in the air heading to Quito today. Argentina One Aconcagua program has wrapped. Our second team heads out today, led again by Eben Reckord. Three […]
January 7, 2012 Just a quick note to let everyone following Greg Vernovage and team that they were able to get down to Vinson base camp the day following their summit. And, as luck would have it, they were on a Twin Otter that same afternoon and on their way to the Union Glacier. Union […]
January 6, 2012 Got the call on the evening of the 5th from Greg saying they were back at high camp after a successful summit climb. 100% on top. Not the best day we’ve ever seen in Antarctica but good enough. And, good enough is just fine. Summit day on Vinson is always long and […]
