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 […]
November 30, 2011 The sat phone call just came in from Greg Vernovage. Our Chimborazo team is at high camp. Weather is reasonable and route conditions seem reasonable. They need weather to hold through tomorrow and the team will need to put in a big effort to pull this one off. But, they’ve got a […]
November 28, 2011 Greg, Romulo and crew are back in Quito. He took a minute to email a couple of photos and a brief dispatch (below). Final celebratory dinner this evening and then most members fly home in the morning. A couple of members are staying to attempt Chimborazo with Greg and Romulo. This is […]
November 27, 2011 Another good day in Ecuador and another good summit for the team. Greg Vernovage called in this morning to report the team reached the summit in good conditions. A bit of tricky route finding to cross the bergschrund just below the summit but Ecuadorian guide, Romulo Cardenas, did a super job with […]
