Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, reports in from Camp 2 on Aconcagua: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team. We’re up here at Camp 2. We had a great rest day in Nido de Condores camp. Nice day – not too windy and not as warm as yesterday but still not too cold. […]
The Aconcagua team made a carry up to Camp 3 – Cholera Camp (5974m/19,600ft.) today and are back at Camp 2. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, phoned in today’s dispatch via satellite phone: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team. We are at Camp 2 on Aconcagua. We had a great day today. […]
The Aconcagua team today moved up to Nido de Cóndores our Camp 2 at 5585m/18,325ft. Here’s Garrett’s dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua climb. Today we climbed up to Camp 2 – Nido de Cóndores on Aconcagua on the normal route. Everybody did great! We got up to camp, set up […]
Team member Sid Pattison provides today’s expedition dispatch as the team moves up to Camp 1 on Aconcagua: Well the team made it up to Camp 1 (5052m/16,575ft) in good style today. We are up here, we got to reap the benefits of food and water we brought up the other day. Now, after dinner […]
Our Aconcagua team made a carry of gear up to Camp 1 and returned to base camp today. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides this dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua expedition. We had a great day doing a carry up to Camp 1 on Aconcagua today. It was sunny in the […]
The team had a rest day at Aconcagua base camp and is preparing to make their first carry up to Camp 1. Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison, with today’s dispatch: Hello! This is Garrett checking-in for the Aconcagua expedition. Today is January 29th and we had a nice rest day here at Plaza de Mulas […]
Today the team reached Plaza de Mules base camp and got settled in. The sat phone dispatch is a bit garbled but you can certainly make out that they like the comforts of the base camp: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua expedition. Today is January 28th and today we trekked from […]
The Aconcagua team took an active rest day near Confluencia camp getting a look at the south face of Aconcagua up close. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides today’s expedition dispatch via sat phone: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Aconcagua expedition with View from the Top, Ltd., a TV production company. […]
The Aconcagua team began their trek to base camp today and expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in with today’s dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Aconcagua climb. We had a great first day heading from Penitentes up to our first camp on the trek to base camp at Confluencia. We […]
Our next adventure kicked-off today with the team assembled and heading out to the trailhead of South America’s highest peak, Aconcagua. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides this recap of the start: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Aconcagua expedition with View from the Top, Ltd., a TV program about climbing mountains […]