{"id":29015,"date":"2025-01-09T19:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T03:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=29015"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T01:20:27","slug":"vinson-climbers-return-to-union-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/09\/img-news\/vinson-climbers-return-to-union-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinson Climbers Return To Union Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 9, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The team did a great job getting up early, packing up their gear and Camp 2, descending the fixed ropes to Camp 1 and then the Branscomb Glacier back to Vinson Base Camp.\u00a0 Even better, their timing was perfect to catch the Twin Otter flight back to Union Glacier Camp from where they were able to send some photos.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29015 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-the-summit-looking-north-towards-Mts-Shinn-Epperly-Tyree-and-Gardiner-Max-Bond.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29015]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-the-summit-looking-north-towards-Mts-Shinn-Epperly-Tyree-and-Gardiner-Max-Bond.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-the-summit-looking-north-towards-Mts-Shinn-Epperly-Tyree-and-Gardiner-Max-Bond.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-way-to-the-summit-looking-north-towards-Mts-Shinn-Epperly-Tyree-and-Gardiner-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg 300w, 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Bond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-summit-ridge-looking-at-the-top-Max-Bond.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29015]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-summit-ridge-looking-at-the-top-Max-Bond.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-summit-ridge-looking-at-the-top-Max-Bond.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-summit-ridge-looking-at-the-top-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-summit-ridge-looking-at-the-top-Max-Bond-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-summit-ridge-looking-at-the-top-Max-Bond-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-summit-ridge-looking-at-the-top-Max-Bond-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-the-summit-ridge-looking-at-the-top-Max-Bond-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-29017'>\n\t\t\t\tOn the summit ridge looking at the top (Max Bond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Last-steps-to-the-summit-Max-Bond.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29015]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Last-steps-to-the-summit-Max-Bond.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Last-steps-to-the-summit-Max-Bond.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Last-steps-to-the-summit-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Last-steps-to-the-summit-Max-Bond-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Last-steps-to-the-summit-Max-Bond-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Last-steps-to-the-summit-Max-Bond-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Last-steps-to-the-summit-Max-Bond-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-29018'>\n\t\t\t\tLast steps to the summit (Max Bond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-top-of-Antarctica-Max-Bond.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29015]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-top-of-Antarctica-Max-Bond-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"On top of Antarctica! (Max Bond)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-top-of-Antarctica-Max-Bond-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-top-of-Antarctica-Max-Bond-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-top-of-Antarctica-Max-Bond-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-top-of-Antarctica-Max-Bond-620x826.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-top-of-Antarctica-Max-Bond-146x195.jpg 146w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/On-top-of-Antarctica-Max-Bond.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-29019'>\n\t\t\t\tOn top of Antarctica! (Max Bond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Max says the summit day was excellent weather and they enjoyed great views and fun climbing.\u00a0 <strong>Well done team!<\/strong>\u00a0 Tomorrow they are scheduled to catch the 757 back to Punta Arenas if everything works out.<\/p>\n<p>Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 9, 2025 The team did a great job getting up early, packing up their gear and Camp 2, descending the fixed ropes to Camp 1 and then the Branscomb Glacier back to Vinson Base Camp.\u00a0 Even better, their timing was perfect to catch the Twin Otter flight back to Union Glacier Camp from where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,15],"tags":[84,80,79,104,105],"class_list":["post-29015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-img-news","category-vinson-antarctica","tag-antarctica","tag-img","tag-international-mountain-guides","tag-mt-vinson","tag-vinson-massif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29015","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29015"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29023,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29015\/revisions\/29023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}