December 18, 2019
Traveling to Penitentes
Jonathan, Leo, Sasha and crew have left Mendoza and spent a night in Penitentes. Today, 18 Dec, they are beginning their hike into base camp. Three days with light packs is pretty much perfect from an acclimatization standpoint. They’ll sleep a bit higher each night without having ‘busted their butts’ on any of the three days. Their arrieros will be getting all the group gear up to base camp AND cooking some super dinners for the first couple of nights. Hope the team doesn’t get too spoiled.
Bottom line – all is good as IMG begins its first Aconcagua trip of the season. Stay tuned.
Phil Ershler