February 21, 2016
Summit cross on Aconcagua
Always nice to hear that another IMG team reached the summit of Aconcagua. Even better to hear that they’re all back at high camp and doing fine. The forecast held and the team had great weather for their climb. That in no way diminishes the effort required to summit Aconcagua safely. 23,000 ft is high, any way you cut it. Nothing higher in the Western Hemisphere. Aconcagua can be as nasty and demanding on the summit day as any mountain we guide. Congratulations to the team and to the guides. Good decisions, good teamwork and good effort by all.
Tomorrow they descend to base camp, Plaza Mulas, on the Horcones Valley side of the mountain. Sort of an extra bonus to go up one side and out another. Mendoza is two days of effort away.
Phil Ershler