January 10, 2012 Let’s do a head count on who is where in South America… IMG Guides Ty Gimenez, Peter Adams and Martin Lucero and their team are relaxing at Camp 2 on Aconcagua enjoying a rest day, a bit of an audible from their original plan, but well within bounds. They’ll forgo a carry […]
January 25, 2012 Kurt, Russ, Romulo and Jorge just emailed from the town of Banos to let us know that they all stood on top of Chimborazo this morning. Heck of a job, gang. This is a long, serious climb and the gang did well. They’ll head back to Quito tomorrow and fly home early […]
January 24, 2012 Phil called from Houston, TX today. Almost home. We lost an email in cyberspace over the weekend but suffice it to say that through some persistence and route finding, most of the team tagged the top of Cayambe. A quick photo, and like horses to a barn, they cruised downhill to the hut. […]
January 20, 2012 After a summit of Cotopaxi and a day strolling the market the team enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Hacienda San Augustin. Inca walls surround the team’s dinner table which featured some high Andean cuisine such as llapingachos (potato cakes), locro (cheese & potato soup) with fresh aji (Andean salsa). After dinner the […]
January 19, 2012 Aconcagua Eben called in to report that there is a significant puddle of water building up near his vestibule and that the lid to the hot sauce was not tightened properly before he put it in his pack.  Aside from these two things the team is doing great. They’re at C2 (18,000ft) […]
January 18, 2012 Ecuador Phil called in to report that the team tagged the top of Cotopaxi today! They’re safe and sound at the hacienda for the night. Tomorrow brings another market while they rest up for Cayambe later this week. All good things. Aconcagua Eben reports from C1 that all is well. They successfully […]
January 15, 2012 Things don’t always go as planned, if they did this job would be boring. Aconcagua Eben called in with good news on Aconcagua, despite the recent snow, they were able to make their carry to C1. Tomorrow they’ll make the move and establish camp, tonight it’s back to Plaza Argentina for what […]
January 13, 2012 Ecuador Phil called in from Otavalo. The team enjoyed some urban acclimatization with a tour of Old Town Quito. Remember Quito sits at roughly 10,000ft so just getting around town is an adjustment. After their tour they loaded up and made their way to Otavalo, but not without a quick stop at […]
January 11, 2012 This time of year things get a little hectic in Central & South America. Let’s have a look at what’s happening to our South: Ecuador Phil is in the air heading to Quito today. Argentina One Aconcagua program has wrapped. Our second team heads out today, led again by Eben Reckord. Three […]
December 1, 2011 Well, their luck finally ran out, just as the string of good weather ran out. Corn snow, wet snow, rain – and lots of it. Climbing was out of the question. Enough snow that the guys were concerned about even getting the vehicle stuck. So, they left the Whymper hut last evening […]
