Back in Mendoza
Happy New Year! The climbers and the guides celebrated New Year with a big dinner in Mendoza last night. They arrived to the city yesterday, after their Mt Aconcagua traverse. "The group is very good, we had a great experience", said lead guide Mike Bradley. "We agreed not to stay at high camp and go for the summit because of the high winds, but doing the traverse instead. It was the right thing to do", Mike told me. Everyone is heading back home...
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Last stage - Dispatch 3
Mike and the climbers are facing the final push tomorrow. They are at Camp II -Chopper Camp- now, and will move to High Camp tomorrow. This means they are going to be positioned at 6000 meters (19,680 ft), and ready to go for the 22,841 ft summit. The group is higly motivated. I will keep you posted!
Nicolás García
AP Mendoza
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expedition has already began
The expedition has already began the up and down process of acclimatization. They had a rest day at base camp yesterday, and today they are making a carry of food and common gear to Camp 1, so they will cross the 5000m frontier. Then they will go down again (to the luxury of the dining tents and the fine cooking of base camp manager Susy). Tomorrow they will move to Camp 1 to stay there and face the next stage of the climb. They will have a high ...
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Steak & Malbec before the climb
The 4th group of the season completed yesterday their acclimatization to Mendoza's steak and Malbec wine(s). British, American and Australian are the nationalities in the 7 climbers group. There are two father and son teams! Seasoned guide Mike Bradley is in charge, and Mt Rainier guide Andy Kittleson is coguiding. Today they headed towards Los Penitentes. This ski resort, at 2700m, functions in summer as starting point for many expeditions. Tomo...
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