{"id":6166,"date":"2012-02-13T08:36:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T16:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=6166"},"modified":"2012-02-13T10:39:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T18:39:06","slug":"penguins-wind-wings-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/13\/aconcagua\/penguins-wind-wings-oh-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins, Wind, & Wings, Oh My"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 13, 2012<\/p>\n

A lot going on in Latin America this week – here’s the latest news from our IMG teams abroad…<\/p>\n

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Nice day for a dip (Photo: Tye Chapman)<\/p><\/div>\n

Patagonia Trek<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first IMG trek in Patagonia, led by Operations Manager Tye Chapman, is off and running.\u00c2\u00a0 All trekkers, with all their luggage, arrived this evening in Punta Arenas, Chile.\u00c2\u00a0 Breezy and cool in Punta with a bit of sun.\u00c2\u00a0 Sounds about right for this time of year. Tomorrow morning, they head to Puerto Natales with a stop en route to say “Hi” to the penguins.\u00c2\u00a0 Tye and Doug initiated the first annual Patagonia Polar Plunge by jumping into the Straights of Magellan.<\/p>\n

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Aconcagua<\/strong><\/p>\n

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High camp, Aconcagua (Photo: Dale Funk)<\/p><\/div>\n

We heard from both Mike and Greg today.\u00c2\u00a0 Teams are doing well.\u00c2\u00a0 Mike and crew carried to C1 today and plan on moving there Monday.\u00c2\u00a0 Elevation \u00e2\u20ac\u201c about 16,000 ft.\u00c2\u00a0 Greg called from C3 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c high camp.\u00c2\u00a0 The team arrived in good form.\u00c2\u00a0 We talked about forecasted weather and strategy. Weather is forecasted to remain clear but with increasing winds as the week progresses.\u00c2\u00a0 The crew is planning on a 5 AM departure for the summit Monday morning.\u00c2\u00a0 Keeping our fingers crossed.<\/p>\n

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Josh's Angels (Photo: Jim McGill)<\/p><\/div>\n

Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was very ably joined on the Mexico trip by IMG guide, Josh McDowell.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure if the ladies on our climb took Josh under their wing or the other way around.\u00c2\u00a0 That said, we finished off a great week with a great day\/evening in Puebla before flying home to family, friends and commitments.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be back in November 2012.<\/p>\n

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Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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