January 22, 2020
Heading home (Harry Hamlin)
Guides Nickel Wood, Martin Villegas, and Harry Hamlin are sending their 9 Aconcagua summiters home today. Congratulations one more time and thanks from IMG to each one of them for having joined us, and summiting with us, on Aconcagua. Everyone, guides and climbers, should be justly proud.
Guide, Rikki Dunn, flies out tomorrow to join Martin on another IMG Aconcagua expedition. No rest for the wicked, huh Martin? He’s always raring to go. And our last departure for the season will be on their way about a week from now. And for those who didn’t join us this season, the 2020/21 season will be here before you know it. A year’s lead time is about right for Aconcagua. Brush up on any rusty mountaineering technique, start putting that ‘kit’ together and, most important, keep up with your training regimen. Nothing takes the place of being in the best shape of your life when tackling the Stone Sentinel.
Phil Ershler