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Aconcagua Expedition Dispatch

January 26, 2014 – The Aconcagua Team Stands on the Summit

Wally called into the office late on Sunday night. The team has made it to the summit! Here is what he had to report:

Marie-Jo, Rafael, Simon and Margaret along with their guides Sergio, Alex and Osvaldo all reached the summit! It was a remarkable day! I can guarantee you that each of these folks will tell you that Aconcagua was much more of a mountain then they thought it was.

I am calling you now from Berlin Camp, everyone is down, exhausted and proud! What a summit day it was! We left at 5:30 AM climbing by headlamp of course. There was almost no wind as we climbed to the first point along our trail called Independencia, and it took us 3 hours and 45 minutes to get there and there was no wind when we arrived. We were already at an elevation of about 21,000 feet, about a third of the way. After Independencia the team was very tired but they continued to traverse, with our crampons on, and the climbing got more difficult.

Marie-Jo and Alex actually reached the summit at 1:50PM. That was about 8 hours and 20 minutes after they started climbing. Osvaldo and the rest of the climbers called me from a point that is at the base of the Candeletta, that they were feeling good enough to continue. They reached the summit at about 4 PM and it took them a total of 16 hours after leaving camp to return to Berlin high camp. They came in, Maria had soup waiting for them that probably tasted better than any soup they have had in their life!

We have the group now tucked away in their sleeping bags and we are really proud of this team’s accomplishments! Great job on reaching the summit team!!

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Climbing above the clouds in the early morning light

Climbing above the clouds in the early morning light

Heavy winds on Aconcagua make for a challenging summit day!

Heavy winds on Aconcagua make for a challenging summit day!

After a long day with challenging conditions the team made it to the summit of Aconcagua! Congratulations to the entire Berg Adventures team on an amazing expedition!

After a long day with challenging conditions the team made it to the summit of Aconcagua! Congratulations to the entire Berg Adventures team on an amazing expedition!