{"id":28971,"date":"2025-01-06T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=28971"},"modified":"2025-01-06T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:29:00","slug":"vinson-and-aconcagua-teams-moving-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/06\/img-news\/vinson-and-aconcagua-teams-moving-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinson and Aconcagua teams moving up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 6th, 2025<\/p>\n<p>We talked to both Stu Johnson on Aconcagua and Max Bond on Vinson who have confirmed that their respective teams successfully moved up yesterday!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-28971 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/06\/img-news\/vinson-and-aconcagua-teams-moving-up\/attachment\/departing-camp-1-on-the-way-to-camp-2-stu-johnson\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Departing Camp 1 on the way to Camp 2 (Stu Johnson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-1016x1024.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-940x947.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-620x625.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Departing-Camp-1-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28972'>\n\t\t\t\tDeparting Camp 1 on the way to Camp 2 (Stu Johnson)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/06\/img-news\/vinson-and-aconcagua-teams-moving-up\/attachment\/looking-back-down-at-camp-1-stu-johnson\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Looking-back-down-at-Camp-1-Stu-Johnson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Looking back down at Camp 1 (Stu Johnson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Looking-back-down-at-Camp-1-Stu-Johnson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Looking-back-down-at-Camp-1-Stu-Johnson-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Looking-back-down-at-Camp-1-Stu-Johnson-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Looking-back-down-at-Camp-1-Stu-Johnson-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28973'>\n\t\t\t\tLooking back down at Camp 1 (Stu Johnson)\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\/2025\/01\/06\/img-news\/vinson-and-aconcagua-teams-moving-up\/attachment\/looking-up-towards-the-ameghino-col-on-the-way-to-camp-2-stu-johnson\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Looking-up-towards-the-Ameghino-Col-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Looking up towards the Ameghino Col on the way to Camp 2 (Stu Johnson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Looking-up-towards-the-Ameghino-Col-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Looking-up-towards-the-Ameghino-Col-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Looking-up-towards-the-Ameghino-Col-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Looking-up-towards-the-Ameghino-Col-on-the-way-to-Camp-2-Stu-Johnson-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28974'>\n\t\t\t\tLooking up towards the Ameghino Col on the way to Camp 2  (Stu Johnson)\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\/2025\/01\/06\/img-news\/vinson-and-aconcagua-teams-moving-up\/attachment\/taking-a-break-near-the-ameghino-col-mark-holman\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taking-a-break-near-the-Ameghino-Col-Mark-Holman-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Taking a break near the Ameghino Col (Mark Holman)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taking-a-break-near-the-Ameghino-Col-Mark-Holman-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taking-a-break-near-the-Ameghino-Col-Mark-Holman-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taking-a-break-near-the-Ameghino-Col-Mark-Holman-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taking-a-break-near-the-Ameghino-Col-Mark-Holman-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28975'>\n\t\t\t\tTaking a break near the Ameghino Col (Mark Holman)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On Aconcagua the climbers moved up to Camp 1 (16,372 ft) and are doing well.\u00a0 Up next for the team will be a carry up to Camp 2 (about 17,953 ft), then descending back to Camp 1 for a second night there.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-28971 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/06\/img-news\/vinson-and-aconcagua-teams-moving-up\/attachment\/the-twin-otter-at-vinson-bc-with-mt-vinson-in-the-background-justin-merle\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-at-Vinson-BC-with-Mt-Vinson-in-the-background-Justin-Merle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Twin Otter at Vinson BC with Mt Vinson in the background (Justin Merle)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-28976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-at-Vinson-BC-with-Mt-Vinson-in-the-background-Justin-Merle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-at-Vinson-BC-with-Mt-Vinson-in-the-background-Justin-Merle-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-at-Vinson-BC-with-Mt-Vinson-in-the-background-Justin-Merle-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-at-Vinson-BC-with-Mt-Vinson-in-the-background-Justin-Merle-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-28976'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Twin Otter at Vinson BC with Mt Vinson in the background (Justin Merle)\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\/2025\/01\/06\/img-news\/vinson-and-aconcagua-teams-moving-up\/attachment\/getting-close-to-camp-1-justin-merle-002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Getting-close-to-Camp-1-Justin-Merle-002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Getting close to Camp 1 (Justin Merle)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-28977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Getting-close-to-Camp-1-Justin-Merle-002-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Getting-close-to-Camp-1-Justin-Merle-002-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Getting-close-to-Camp-1-Justin-Merle-002-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Getting-close-to-Camp-1-Justin-Merle-002-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-28977'>\n\t\t\t\tGetting close to Camp 1 (Justin Merle)\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\/2025\/01\/06\/img-news\/vinson-and-aconcagua-teams-moving-up\/attachment\/on-the-way-to-camp-1-looking-down-the-branscomb-glacier-towards-vinson-bc-justin-merle\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-Camp-1-looking-down-the-Branscomb-Glacier-towards-Vinson-BC-Justin-Merle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"On the way to Camp 1 looking down the Branscomb Glacier towards Vinson BC (Justin Merle)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-28978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-Camp-1-looking-down-the-Branscomb-Glacier-towards-Vinson-BC-Justin-Merle-150x150.jpg 150w, 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https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-Camp-1-looking-down-the-Branscomb-Glacier-towards-Vinson-BC-Justin-Merle-195x195.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-Camp-1-looking-down-the-Branscomb-Glacier-towards-Vinson-BC-Justin-Merle-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-Camp-1-looking-down-the-Branscomb-Glacier-towards-Vinson-BC-Justin-Merle-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-Camp-1-looking-down-the-Branscomb-Glacier-towards-Vinson-BC-Justin-Merle-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-Camp-1-looking-down-the-Branscomb-Glacier-towards-Vinson-BC-Justin-Merle.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-28978'>\n\t\t\t\tOn the way to Camp 1 looking down the Branscomb Glacier towards Vinson BC (Justin Merle)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On Mt Vinson the team moved to Camp 1 (about 9100 ft) and got all dug in and comfy.\u00a0 Next up for them is an active rest day as they evaluate the weather and prepare for the big move up to Camp 2.<\/p>\n<p>All\u2019s well down south!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 6th, 2025 We talked to both Stu Johnson on Aconcagua and Max Bond on Vinson who have confirmed that their respective teams successfully moved up yesterday! On Aconcagua the climbers moved up to Camp 1 (16,372 ft) and are doing well.\u00a0 Up next for the team will be a carry up to Camp 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2,15],"tags":[82,84,107,80,79,104,85,105],"class_list":["post-28971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aconcagua","category-img-news","category-vinson-antarctica","tag-aconcagua","tag-antarctica","tag-argentina","tag-img","tag-international-mountain-guides","tag-mt-vinson","tag-vinson","tag-vinson-massif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28971","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=28971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28979,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28971\/revisions\/28979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}