January 18, 2026
Rocky trail to Mulas (Max Bond)
Max Bond reports from Aconcagua that they’ve descended to the Plaza de Mulas Base Camp at about 13,800 ft, on the opposite side of the mountain from where they began (the “360 route”). Now they are enjoying the thick air and some tasty food and beverages and planning to hike out the Horcones valley tomorrow and make it back to Mendoza by evening.
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- Getting close to Base Camp at de Mulas 4200m (Max Bond)
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- Its Miller Time (Max Bond)
In Mexico Tyler Nachand reports that the Orizaba team had a nice break between climbs visiting Puebla and Tlachichuca,
Dinner in Tlachichuca (Tyler Nachand)
and are now heading back to the hills. Today they will drive by 4×4 up to the Piedra Grande Base Camp at about 14,000 feet, planning on an alpine start for climbing Orizaba tomorrow.
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- Piedra Grande hut (Chris Meder)
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- First view of Orizaba (Chris Meder)
Best wishes to the teams!