{"id":21763,"date":"2019-02-05T16:59:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T00:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=21763"},"modified":"2019-02-05T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T00:59:34","slug":"moving-up-the-hill-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/05\/aconcagua\/moving-up-the-hill-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving up the Hill in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 5, 2019<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-21763 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/05\/aconcagua\/moving-up-the-hill-in-argentina\/attachment\/jantzen1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen1-300x225.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen1-620x465.png 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen1-195x146.png 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen1.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21768'>\n\t\t\t\tLoading up the Rig (Robert Jantzen)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/05\/aconcagua\/moving-up-the-hill-in-argentina\/attachment\/jantzen2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen2-300x225.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen2-940x705.png 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen2-620x465.png 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen2-195x146.png 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jantzen2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21769'>\n\t\t\t\tMore Food in Mendoza (Leandro Villegas)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Rikki chimed in this afternoon to let me know it&#8217;s the best weather he has ever seen on Aconcagua.\u00c2\u00a0 Let&#8217;s hope that holds so they can get into position for a summit attempt and get a good shot at the top.\u00c2\u00a0 The team is settled in at Camp 1 this evening after a successful carry to the Guanacos Camp (C2).\u00c2\u00a0 They will move up to Guanacos tomorrow morning.\u00c2\u00a0 There&#8217;s still a lot of work left but the team is strong and moving well together.\u00c2\u00a0 All things are thumbs up so far for the Rikki\/Martin expedition.<\/p>\n<p>Robert and Leo got out the door this morning to head to Penitentes.\u00c2\u00a0 During the first couple days of an Aconcagua trip, you find yourself packing and prepping a lot!\u00c2\u00a0 Once you hit the trail, it&#8217;s time for a deep breath and the real fun begins.\u00c2\u00a0 Robert and the team have been busy busy busy and I received an email from Rob this afternoon saying &#8220;&#8230;gear pack is wrapped up and everyone is in good spirits. Group is working well together.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 I like it.\u00c2\u00a0 They will enjoy their last front-country meal tonight at the Ayelene Hotel, grab a shower in the morning and hit the trail.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Reilly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 5, 2019 Rikki chimed in this afternoon to let me know it&#8217;s the best weather he has ever seen on Aconcagua.\u00c2\u00a0 Let&#8217;s hope that holds so they can get into position for a summit attempt and get a good shot at the top.\u00c2\u00a0 The team is settled in at Camp 1 this evening after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aconcagua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21763","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=21763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21770,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21763\/revisions\/21770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}