January 20, 2022

Looking down at Plaza de Mulas from high on Aconcagua

IMG Senior Guide Nickel Wood just sent a message letting us know the team had fantastic climb to Nido De Condores Camp on Aconcagua today.  It took the team a total of 5 hours round trip at a comfortable pace.  They dropped their carry loads at approximately 18,000 feet, where they will set up camp next time up.

The weather continues to be in the teams favor and if everyone continues to acclimatize and feel strong they will move up tomorrow.  With plenty of time built into the itinerary, they are not feeling any pressure to move fast and they will continue to make progress as the mountain and weather allow.

All is well on Aconcagua!

January 19, 2022

Happy climbers as they arrive at Camp Canada (Nickel Wood)

The Aconcagua Team made the decision to take one more day at Plaza De Mulas Base Camp yesterday which paid off for the team.  They had a great day climbing and the team made it into Camp Canada “looking strong.”  IMG Senior Guide Nickel Wood called as the team was setting up camp and preparing to settle in for the night.  After a few hours of rest, water and some food, the team will re-evaluate how they are doing and make a decision on tomorrows plans.  The next camp, Nido de Condores (17, 244′) is a nice camp with more room and a reasonable next step in the climb of this mountain.

All is well on Aconcagua!

January 17, 2022

Climbing to Camp Canada1 on Aconcagua (Nickel Wood)

The Aconcagua Team checked in after returning from a great day of climbing to Camp Canada (16,500′).  Nickel Wood said the team did well and everyone looks strong.  Some of the best news is that everyone had a big appetite when they got back to Plaza De Mulas and enjoyed  spaghetti with beef marinara for lunch!

Sunset from Plaza De Mulas (Nickel Wood)

This was a big day to see how everyone was feeling and moving.  The team also took the opportunity to get some personal and group water moved up the mountain. The Team is planning on making the move up to Camp Canada tomorrow.

It is nice to see everyone acclimatizing and all is well on Aconcagua!

January 15, 2022

Sunset at Camp Confluencia (Nickel Wood)

Plaza de Mulas (Jonathan Farnsworth)

IMG Senior Guide Nickel Wood checked in this afternoon to let us know the team did great today and are now settling into Base Camp at Plaza De Mulas (13,976).  Nickel said the team made great time and pulled into Base Camp from Concluencia in 8 hours and had nice weather for the trek.  Taking that additional day to acclimatize at Confluencia certainly payed off for the team.  Everyone is in great spirits and Nickel mentioned this team is really getting along well.

The team will get a good night sleep and evaluate the team and route conditions in the morning.  Getting to Base Camp is a big step and we can now look more closely at how the team will approach carries and moving up the mountain.

All is well on Aconcagua!

January 14, 2022

IMG Senior Guide Nickel Wood along with our first class guide team of Tincho and Leo checked in last night and again this afternoon to let us know the team is doing great.  They decided to take an additional day of acclimatization at Camp Confluencia.  This is a great decision!  Yesterday afternoon, they had a heavy rainstorm and more was predicted for today.  The heavy rain will create less than ideal conditions for trekking to Plaza De Mulas.  That combined with having other teams on the route helped make the decision.  Right now, our team is one of very few at Camp Confluencia and are enjoying some home cooking from Leo and Tincho.

The team will move uphill in the morning and we will look forward to hearing from them once they arrive to Plaza De Mulas!