December 27, 2012 Josh Tapp phoned in today from C2. The team had a good move day and are now out doing a quick crampon and ice axe review. Still breezy but manageable. Their plan is to make a carry to high camp tomorrow. Everyone’s healthy and working together well. Aconcagua is not a trekking […]
Archive: December, 2012
Kili Team Summits!
December 27, 2012 Received a short email from Jangbu today. All it said was ‘Made It – The Whole Team’. He followed up with a phone call saying that he was standing at Uhuru, the true summit, and with all the team members. They threaded the needle on this one. Weather didn’t make it easy […]
Vinson Team Present And Accounted For
December 27, 2012 Greg Vernovage has the second IMG Vinson team for the season in Punta Arenas, Chile now. All members are there with all their luggage. Shopping is pretty much done and most of it will be packed by this afternoon. Each member’s personal gear needs to be carefully checked this afternoon, too. Tomorrow’s […]
Team Tapp Carried To C2
December 26, 2012 Josh called in this afternoon. The carry to C2 is now complete. If winds continue to die down, the team will move to C2 tomorrow. It gets tough now, but everyone is holding up well. This is a tough mountain and the group is doing well. Another piece of good news is […]
All Eyes On The Summit
December 26, 2012 The following email from Jangbu over on Kili greeted us this morning: “We pulled into Barafu camp by 11:30 this morning. Everyone is doing really well. Like every day, we got rained on a bit, but not too bad. Had a great lunch at 12:45 pm and doing early dinner at 5:00 […]
Christmas Greetings From Kili Team
December 25, 2012 Christmas at Karanga. The team’s at about 13,500 ft for Christmas. With the new snow on Kili, they certainly are having a white Christmas, at least higher up. Here’s the email Ang Jangbu provided Christmas morning: “We are at Karanga Camp. Pulled in to camp at 12:15 pm, just before the big […]
Team Eben Returns To Mendoza
December 24, 2012 Eben and crew are back in Mendoza. Way too much food got consumed last night. Here’s the list of food which was eaten last evening. 4 triple macs 1 quarter pounder 1 double quarter pounder 1 bacon double angus 5 large fries 3 large cokes 2 small cokes Smiles by all People […]
Kili Team Makes Barranco Camp
December 24, 2012 “We are at Barranco camp. We started with a decent morning but it started to rain as we were approaching Lava Junction and rained most of the afternoon. Rains have left us now but still a heavy mist. Everyone did extremely well pulling into camp. Couple of minor headaches but no major […]
Aconcagua Teams Check In
December 23, 2012 Heard from both of our current Aconcagua teams today, Sunday, December 23. Eben and team saw the writing on the wall after a valiant attempt to get higher yesterday. Winds in the 100 kph range around the area of the Ameghino Col told them no. And they listened. After a final review […]
Kili Climbers Reach Shira Plateau
December 23, 2012 Ang Jangbu Sherpa called to report that the team had a good day moving up to Shira Plateau camp, at about 12,500. Now they are above the forest line, moving into the “zone of weird plants†that grow at high altitudes near the Equator (Kili is about 3 degrees south latitude). Sounds […]