Aconcagua Cybercasts: February 2014

Hi, this is Garrett Madison calling in for Alpine Ascents Aconcagua Expedition #10. Today is Thursday, February 15 [sic] and we have moved up to our Camp 1.

Everyone’s doing well and we’re up here at the Camp 1 getting ready to have dinner. It’s snowing and not too windy, so really nice day. And we’re excited for our day tomorrow. We’re going to carry up to our Camp 2. So yeah, we’re happy to be here. No one else is around us on the mountain; we’ve got it all to ourselves. And we’re all feeling good.

We’ll check in soon.

Hello there friends, family, and loved ones. This is Team Pelado.

We had a great day today. We moved all the way up to our second Camp on the trek, which is called Casa de Piedra; it means “the rock house”. We moved quite well during the day. People are feeling the altitude but still being able to feel comfortable moving and that’s a great sign.

We had a beautiful barbecue dinner, big chunks of meat, lots of chicken, corn, all roasted on an open fire, very much like the arrieros, the mule drivers here, the cowboys of Argentina. This is a windy camp we picked, but everybody’s getting the hang of how to put up the tents correctly for the wind so I’m not worried about blowing away tonight.

Anyway, stay tuned. Tomorrow we’re going to head to Base Camp. So ciao for now from Argentina.

Hi, this is Garrett Madison calling in for the Alpine Ascents #10 Aconcagua Expedition.

Today is Wednesday, February 12th and today we did a carry to our Camp 1 on Aconcagua and then returned to Base Camp here. And tomorrow our plan is to move up to Camp 1.

Beautiful sunny day here, not much wind, very pleasant day to be on the mountain. And everybody’s doing well. So we’ll check in soon.

Hi this is Garrett Madison calling in for Team 10 on Aconcagua. We had a great rest day here at Base Camp today, we took an acclimatization hike and we organized our loads for the carry (transmission breaks up).

Hello there friends family and loved ones, this is Team Pelado calling in from our first Camp of our trip, we are at Pampa de Lenas, it means “The Meadow in the Woods”, and guess what? We had a great day today! Everybody’s hiking well, and feeling a little bit of the altitude, but really enjoying the views of a perfectly clear day, a little bit of breeze but we got up here in good time, about five hours on the trail today, we did stop for a (transmission breaks up).

Hi this is Garrett Madison calling in for the Alpine Ascents Aconcagua expedition #10 and today we are taking a rest day at Base Camp. We had a nice hike yesterday from our last camp in the Vacas Valley, Casa de Piedra up to Base Camp and a great dinner, a pizza dinner last night at Base Camp, and a good night’s sleep up here and now we are just taking it easy today, relaxing and organizing our loads for our carry tomorrow up to our Camp I. So easy day today here in Base Camp, everyone’s doing well and we’re just enjoying the sunshine and resting up. So all’s well here and we’ll check in soon.

Hello there friends family and loved ones, this is Vern Tejas reporting in for our last expedition, this is Alpine Ascents’ last expedition on Mount Aconcagua, the highest point in South America. And we’ve decided on the name Los Pelados, Pelados means the Bald Ones. So this is Team Pelado calling in saying that we’ve made it all the way up through Penitentes, spent a nice evening in the hotel here, the hacienda, and we’ve now have had a great dinner and just want to get to bed early tonight so we can take off up the Vacas Valley. So stay tuned for the further adventures of the Los Pelados and know that we are doing well and thinking of you. Ciao for now.

Hello there friends family and loved ones, this is Vern Tejas reporting in for the last Aconcagua trip of the season for Alpine Ascents. All of our team members have made it to lovely, beautiful, downtown Mendoza. Great dinner, enjoying the local specialties here, the wine, the steak, the great seafood, and the great salads, just kind of enjoying the pleasures of good gastronomy while we are here in town, because we soon know that we will be in the mountains and we won’t be able to enjoy all this freshness.

So, team looks strong, and everybody is psyched up, ready to rock and roll. And if you were to listen here on pretty much a daily basis, I’ll be reporting in as our progress to climb the highest mountain in South America takes place. So please join us and stay tuned for the further adventures of the Last Team, we’ll talk to you soon, ta ta for now.

Hi this is Garrett Madison calling in for Alpine Ascents Aconcagua expedition #10. Today we had a wonderful day trekking from our Pampa de Lena Camp in the Vacas Valley up to Casa de Piedra Camp. And we had another nice barbeque here at Casa de Piedra, we had a chicken vegetable and potato barbeque and a wonderful evening hanging out, relaxing and tomorrow our plan is to head up the Rellenchos Valley bright and early and reach Base Camp late in the afternoon. Looks like another nice day ahead tomorrow, and everyone’s doing well and we’re all happy to be here, so things couldn’t be better here on Aconcagua, trekking into Base Camp and we’ll check in soon.

Hi this is Garrett Madison calling in for the Alpine Ascents Aconcagua climb and today our group trekked from Punta de Vacas up to Pampa de Lena Camp here in the Vacas Valley. And we had a beautiful day, hot day, a little bit of wind, and no clouds, so it was a scorcher today. We’re in camp, just had a, we’re having a barbeque dinner over the open fire here under the stars and looking forward to a good night’s rest. And then another long day tomorrow trekking up to the next camp here in the valley. Everyone’s doing great and we’re all happy to be here, having a wonderful time, we’ll check in soon.