February 11, 2010<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always nice to hear from our teams in the field when there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good news to report.\u00c2\u00a0 Mike Hamill called in this afternoon (our time), just prior the team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dinner (their time).\u00c2\u00a0 Camp 2 is in, everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s there and weather is still holding.\u00c2\u00a0 One camp remains and then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to take a stab at the summit.\u00c2\u00a0 This is when things start getting tough.\u00c2\u00a0 Aconcagua is a VERY big mountain.\u00c2\u00a0 It tends to wear people out.\u00c2\u00a0 Heads, stomachs, lungs and legs have taken a lot of abuse already and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more to come.\u00c2\u00a0 Such is the nature of high altitude mountaineering.\u00c2\u00a0 Camp 2 is high, pushing 18,000 ft.\u00c2\u00a0 Getting there is an achievement in itself.\u00c2\u00a0 Each member is trying to do their share for the team and part of that means taking care of themselves.\u00c2\u00a0 You have to work at drinking, eating and generally doing all those things which allow you to get up the next morning and keep climbing.
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\nMike also reports that the weather is still holding.\u00c2\u00a0 It can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t last forever, but it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to.\u00c2\u00a0 It just needs to last long enough.\u00c2\u00a0 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the big variable which is hard to control.\u00c2\u00a0 So, you work hard to put yourself in position to take advantage of any good luck the mountain gives you.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the old idea of opportunity meeting preparedness.<\/p>\n
We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll hear next when the team hits high camp.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s almost crunch time.<\/p>\n
Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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