December 24, 2011 The team all reached Aconcagua base camp, or Plaza Argentina, on the 23rd. A couple of headaches, to be expected, but nothing serious. A quart of water and some extra attention to breathing always helps. Checking in with the Argentina Park officials at base camp, resting, eating and drinking are the order […]
December 22, 2011 Quick phone call this afternoon from the team at Casa Piedra, their second camp on the approach to Aconcagua base camp. A bit breezy the last couple of hours into camp but no problem. Everyone’s doing well. They wanted everyone to know that dinner tonight was a tortellini with their homemade zucchini, […]
December 22, 2011 The first Aconcagua team for the 2011/12 season is on the trail. Guides Eben Reckord, Kelly Ryan and Martin Lucero met in Mendoza on December 17 to make final food purchases and organize gear. The team arrived on the 19th, did gear checks and then secured their permits the morning of the […]
February 23, 2011 Aconcagua season has ended with the return of our 4th successful team. 4 for 4 – we’ll take it. More importantly, everyone’s back with all fingers and toes intact! This is a tough mountain, particularly when it’s climbed in good style. IMG needs to take a moment and again congratulate all the […]
February 22, 2011 Well, we took a long weekend here at IMG too. Why not; we had great success on Kilimanjaro earlier this month, a couple teams on top of Aconcagua in February, Orizaba summits in Mexico and a great training seminar on Rainier last week, not to mention all of our ice climbers in […]
February 16, 2011 We received late word from Mike Hamill down in Argentina that the team has safely arrived back in Mendoza after their 18-mile hike out and long drive to the hotel. Some late night showers and beds are calling some tired climbers! Tomorrow, if they don’t have to sprint back home, they’ll enjoy […]
February 14, 2011 Hamill called in to report the team had a great summit day and are all are safely back in camp. A couple team members made the tough decision to hang at High Camp while the rest of the crew went for the summit. Never an easy decision. One more night at High […]
February 13, 2011 Hamill called in this afternoon to report that the team made the move to High Camp today in some relatively high winds. The forecast shows the winds slowing down a bit this evening into tomorrow, so they’re planning a summit attempt early tomorrow morning. Wind or not, it’ll be a cold one! […]
February 12, 2011 Hamill called in today to report that the team is hunkered down at C2 after carrying to High Camp yesterday. They took a “weather rest day” today and are optimistic the storm will die down tomorrow. If the storm dies down they’ll make the move to HC tomorrow and summit on Monday, […]
February 11, 2011 Light snow and wind didn’t keep the team from heading up to C2. Two team members decided that discretion was the better part of valor and decided it made more sense to head down. Always a super tough decision but an important lesson learned on the big mountains is that you have […]
