December 26, 2016
Santa was reasonably good to our teams on Aconcagua. Jonathan Schrock and crew were able to push through pretty good winds and moved up to C1 today, located about 16,000ft. Some guy named Rudolf led the way. Likely a rest day tomorrow.
View of Aconcagua on way to C1
Santa also delivered for Josh McDowell and team when 4 of the last 5 missing pieces of luggage arrived Christmas day. Last bag doesn’t have any critical items so all is a ‘go’ for those guys.
Aconcagua is a big, expedition climb with lots of pieces to the logistics. Strong, experienced leadership tends to pay off, as does having a long-time Argentine guide working with each of our teams.
Phil Ershler