{"id":11516,"date":"2014-01-10T09:52:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T17:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=11516"},"modified":"2014-01-10T09:52:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T17:52:33","slug":"south-america-is-the-place-to-be-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/10\/aconcagua\/south-america-is-the-place-to-be-2\/","title":{"rendered":"South America Is The Place To Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 10, 2014<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11517\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mulas-and-mtn.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[11516]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11517\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11517\" alt=\"Heading for the barn.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mulas-and-mtn.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mulas-and-mtn.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mulas-and-mtn-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mulas-and-mtn-940x619.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mulas-and-mtn-620x408.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Mulas-and-mtn-195x128.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heading for the barn.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lots of movement regarding IMG teams and the Southern Hemisphere.\u00c2\u00a0 Greg, Aaron and team returned from their 100% successful Vinson expedition.\u00c2\u00a0 The IL 76 actually came in last night and was able to return the crew to Punta Arenas, Chile early this morning.\u00c2\u00a0 They need some sleep.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all working on getting flights changed so the gang can get home.\u00c2\u00a0 Good weather on the east coast would sure help.\u00c2\u00a0 Congratulations, team.\u00c2\u00a0 And, good luck on Everest this spring, Ellen, Paul &amp; Jim.<\/p>\n<p>All calm on the Aconcagua front.\u00c2\u00a0 Josh Tapp and crew are pulling into base camp, Plaza Argentina, even as we speak.\u00c2\u00a0 Hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been much precip on Aconcagua this season and that trend continues.\u00c2\u00a0 Breezy but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not hard to deal with down low.\u00c2\u00a0 Peter Anderson and Peter Adams, working with Leandro Villegas, are about ready for the season\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 4<sup>th<\/sup> departure.\u00c2\u00a0 Peter and Peter fly tomorrow morning to Mendoza after last minute prep today.\u00c2\u00a0 And, Mike Hamill will be heading down this weekend with a strong, custom crew going up the Horcones Valley side.\u00c2\u00a0 Josh McDowell and his 100% successful crew return to the States today after their great summit of Aconcagua.<\/p>\n<p>Last, but not least, heard from Luke Reilly and his Ecuador team late last night.\u00c2\u00a0 All have arrived in Quito and are getting in some quick sightseeing in Old Town this morning prior to heading for Otavalo and the famous Saturday market there.<\/p>\n<p>Great to see so many folks getting out and enjoying a new adventure in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 10, 2014 Lots of movement regarding IMG teams and the Southern Hemisphere.\u00c2\u00a0 Greg, Aaron and team returned from their 100% successful Vinson expedition.\u00c2\u00a0 The IL 76 actually came in last night and was able to return the crew to Punta Arenas, Chile early this morning.\u00c2\u00a0 They need some sleep.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all working on getting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,32,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aconcagua","category-ecuador-volcanoes","category-vinson-antarctica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11519,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11516\/revisions\/11519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}