Aconcagua Expedition Dispatch
January 24, 2015 – A Long Day
Our team is ready. Trevor's luggage that was delayed arrived this morning and we are all now ready to go. We have a long day ahead of us. First the Aconcagua Park Office and then a long drive to Penitentes with a stop at Uspallata for lunch.
Uspallata is a small village on the road which crosses the Andes between Mendoza and Santiago in Chile.
We are 5 Bolivians, 2 Brazilians, 3 Canadians 1 New Zealander and 7 from the United States on this expedition. Quite an international team.
Team hanging at Aconcagua park office
Waiting for the Aconcagua permits be issued
Jim
Dena
Ed
Josh
Christina
Joanne
Leslie
Trevor, Jim and Ed
Pedro and Elisa looking at the maps at the park office
Melody and Christina
Katie
Dena, Ed and Javier at the Park Hyatt Hotel
Osvaldo, Christina and Javier ready to go to Penitente
We stopped for lunch at Uspallata
And of course the menu was more meat!
with fries and salad
Dena enjoying the Argentinian menu
Christina ordered a tortilla and she said that it was done perfectly. She loved it!
Trevor waiting for his steak, again!
Josh and Christina
Melody
Trevor
Alex and Efrien ready for lunch
Pedro and Elisa
Relax time at lunch
Johanne and Ed cutting up at lunch