Aconcagua 1/12 Team Launches!

Hello everybody,

This is Jangbu Sherpa reporting with the January 12, 2019 Aconcagua team on Vacas Valley.

It’s a pleasure to announce that our team is all set and ready to hit the road. Today, we went through gear check, introduction and orientation of the climb. Everyone is psyched and ready to roll.

Tomorrow, we are driving up to a small town of Penitentes for overnight and enjoy our last time facilities that a city has to offer. All is good, all showed up with all the gears. We will try to post as much photos as we can along the way.

Thanks in advance for following us on this adventure to the highest point on South America, Aconcagua.

Cheers,

Jangbu, Kristie & Gaston

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