February 19, 2016
Luke Reilly with the first group of summiters earlier this week
Time for a couple of Aconcagua updates – Luke, Nickel, Leo and team are done. Back in Mendoza now, enjoying the great food and drink available there and getting things cleaned up and packed up for their return trips home. Congratulations, again, to Bill, Mathieu, David, Nick and Tiffany on a job well done! We couldn’t be happier for them.
Mike Hamill’s team took yesterday off at C2 and are making their carry now to high camp. Don’t want to jinx anything but the forecast is looking good. There’s a ‘wind window’ for Saturday and Sunday and Mike and crew are planning their summit shot for Monday morning. They’re in the right position, let’s hope it’s the right time. Stay tuned.
Phil Ershler