Summit Sleighers Sleeps at 18,600 ft!
Team Summit Sleighers Moves to Cólera
The entire team moved to Cólera today. We are spending the night at our highest upper mountain camp at 19,600 ft. The team is doing well. We’ve had a couple of inches of snow fall each afternoon over the last couple of days and the mountain is glowing in a fresh coat of snow!
Tomorrow we will attempt the summit of Aconcagua.
Saludos!
Rachel
Photo credits to Mack for this shot of the sunset in Nido de Cóndores:
December 21 team moves to Cholera!
Today the December 21st team moved to Cholera camp. Everyone is doing well and having a nice afternoon thundersnow! We’re hoping to go to the top tomorrow!Stay tuned for more.
Dan
Team Summit Sleighers Moves to Canada Camp
Today we moved up to sleep at our first upper mountain camp at 16,600 ft. Everyone is doing really well and we are enjoying beginning a new phase of our climb.
Tomorrow we continue our push up the upper mountain and climb to Nido de Cóndores at 18,300 ft.
Feliz nochebuena!
Rachel
10 Sentinel Seekers Visit Plaza Francia
The 10 Sentinel Seekers are now comfortably settled at Confluencia Camp. Today we visited the viewpoint of the majestic south face of Aconcagua, reaching 13,500 feet. After returning, we focused on resting and hydrating before our scheduled medical check at 5 PM. However, we were pleasantly surprised by the warm reception prepared by the staff. Many team members agree that eating everything they provide is more challenging than the trekking itself!
We successfully passed the medical check, so tomorrow we’ll continue our ascent toward the Plaza de Mulas base camp.
Christmas didn’t go unnoticed. After dinner, we played a game where everyone received their gift.
Things couldn’t be going better.
Warm regards,
Diego
The program was outstanding. Flawless logistics (from airport pickup through entire climb), great office support, world class guides (best on mountain without questions), proven itinerary. Everything was top shelf.
