February 9, 2015
Last climb for the season, led by IMG Senior Guide Mike Hamill, is wrapping up their final day of preparations in Mendoza and will be heading for Penitentes tomorrow. Team looks fit and ready to rock and roll. IMG guide Ian Delaney joins Mike and they will be assisted by our great Argentine partner, Leandro Villegas. Leandro has already summit twice this season with IMG teams.
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Just ahead of them is Luke’s team. IMG guide, Sara Cohen is with Luke as well as Martin Lucero, from Argentina. Martin also has two summits this season. Either Martin or Leandro climb with each IMG team and they are simply a super addition to our programs. Luke just called from C1. His crew made a carry today and he said ‘ALL SMILES’. A little new snow and windy but that should end this evening and they plan on carrying to C2 in the morning.
So, that’s all the news from Aconcagua. Stay tuned.
Phil Ershler