January 1, 2016
The beauty of Antarctica
Time to update everyone on the New Year’s comings and goings of our crews down south. Let’s do Vinson first. Greg Vernovage called in the evening of 1/1/2016 to let us know the team had pulled into C1 and were busy setting up tents and getting a hot one going. Cold, more snow there than usual but team’s fine and just thrilled to be on Vinson. A carry to high camp will get made when weather permits and then the crew sits at C1 under the Magic 8 Ball shows “signs say yesâ€. At that point, the ideal plan is to make the move to high camp and try to summit the next day. That’s the plan and we’ll see how it unfolds. Greg Vernovage, Austin Shannon and this entire team make a pretty formidable crew.
Both Aconcagua teams currently on the mountain also check in the evening of 1/1/2016. Mike Hamill and crew made a carry to high camp, C3. He said it was surprisingly nice. Same general plan – be patient and move to high camp when he thinks he’ll be able to summit the next day. The group has pushed high now and is performing well.
Lower down, Josh McDowell called in from Aconcagua base camp. Josh called the evening of 1/1/2016 to let me know the crew has arrived. Nice to get the approach behind you and start attacking the mountain. Tomorrow’s a well-deserved rest day. Josh, Robert, Martin and their crew are doing well.
Lots going on with IMG teams on the first day of 2016.
Phil Ershler
