Sean’s called to say they are on their way back to Base Camp (Plaza de Mulas) and will get there this evening. They will stay at BC tomorrow and head back to Mendoza on Monday. There is no weather window for the rest of the week.
Aconcagua 2017
Sean called to say bad weather has moved in so they are heading down. Will get an update once they’ve reached Base Camp.
The team have arrived at Colera where they will spend the night. They depart for the summit bid at approx 4am tomorrow.
Sean called to say they climbed to Camp Nido yesterday and are now recovering at Base Camp for the day. The wind is blowing hard he said…
Today was a rest day at Plaze de Mulas. Sean called earlier to say they’re all on track and will depart for Camp Nido (5500m) tomorrow. After reaching Nido they’ll head back down to Base Camp.
Sean just called on the satellite phone to say that everyone is well. They had a hard 10.5 hr round trip to Plaza Francia yesterday and that everyone passed their medical tests with flying colours. The tests were taken at the Aconcagua Park medical tent and were done to make sure everyone is healthy enough […]