Aconcagua 2016.12 Archives - Madison Mountaineering https://madisonmountaineering.com/cat-dispatches/aconcagua/aconcagua-2016-12/ Come climb with us! Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:38:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://madisonmountaineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-Bug-512x512-32x32.png Aconcagua 2016.12 Archives - Madison Mountaineering https://madisonmountaineering.com/cat-dispatches/aconcagua/aconcagua-2016-12/ 32 32 180905011 Team celebrates successful Aconcagua expedition with Argentinean barbecue https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-argentinean-barbecue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aconcagua-argentinean-barbecue https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-argentinean-barbecue/#respond Tue, 27 Dec 2016 07:20:20 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=12911 To celebrate our successful Aconcagua expedition, we concluded with a team dinner, an Argentinean ‘Asado’ barbecue with a selection of meat and vegetables cooked to perfection over the open fire. All team members are now on their way home, after what has been a wonderful experience.  We were very lucky with the weather, as our summit […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-argentinean-barbecue/feed/ 0 12911 December 19 summit of Aconcagua! https://madisonmountaineering.com/december-19-summit-aconcagua/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=december-19-summit-aconcagua https://madisonmountaineering.com/december-19-summit-aconcagua/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2016 20:52:43 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=12906 Hello this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team today is Monday, December 19 and we are at the summit of Aconcagua. Beautiful day up here no clouds in the sky and no wind we really lucked out and just had a perfect day to get to the top of the mountain. First team […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/december-19-summit-aconcagua/feed/ 0 12906 Aconcagua climbers on track for December 19th summit! https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-december-19th-summit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aconcagua-december-19th-summit https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-december-19th-summit/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2016 10:08:30 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=12902 “Hi, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team today is December 18th, Sunday. We are up at high camp on Aconcagua and tonight is our big night. We are going to leave for the summit early tomorrow morning probably around 5AM. And hope to be on top of Aconcagua the highest peak in […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-december-19th-summit/feed/ 0 12902 Aconcagua expedition team reaches Camp 2 at 18,000ft https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-expedition-summit-push/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aconcagua-expedition-summit-push https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-expedition-summit-push/#respond Sun, 18 Dec 2016 01:31:30 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=12897 “Hi this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua expedition, today is Saturday December 17th. Today we did a carry from our Camp 2 up to Camp 3 on Aconcagua. We then returned down to Camp 2 to spend the night. Our plan tomorrow is to move up to Camp 3 and hopefully go for the […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-expedition-summit-push/feed/ 0 12897 Climbers complete carry to Camp 2 https://madisonmountaineering.com/climbers-complete-carry-camp-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climbers-complete-carry-camp-2 https://madisonmountaineering.com/climbers-complete-carry-camp-2/#respond Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:56:20 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=12895 Yesterday our Aconcagua climbing team successfully completed a carry to Camp 2. After moving equipment and provisions higher up the mountain they returned to Camp 1 for the night. Target summit date of the Stone Sentinel is December 19. The team is in good condition and excited to climb higher!

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/climbers-complete-carry-camp-2/feed/ 0 12895 Aconcagua team begins their summit ascent! https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-2016-summit-ascent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aconcagua-2016-summit-ascent https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-2016-summit-ascent/#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2016 04:55:46 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=12868 After a few relaxing days in Aconcagua base camp and a carry to camp 1 yesterday we are now heading up today to begin our summit ascent. We plan to climb to camp 1 and sleep there tonight and then carry a load tomorrow to camp 2. The following day we plan to move to […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-2016-summit-ascent/feed/ 0 12868 Aconcagua team reaches Plaza Argentina base camp https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-2016-plaza-argentina-base-camp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aconcagua-2016-plaza-argentina-base-camp https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-2016-plaza-argentina-base-camp/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2016 07:54:59 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=12860 Yesterday we arrived at Plaza Argentina base camp after a nice 3-day trek up the Vacas and Horcones valleys. We received perfect weather on our trek and enjoyed barbecues over the open campfire under starry skies. On our last day of the trek we had a couple of river crossings and noticed that the rivers […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-2016-plaza-argentina-base-camp/feed/ 0 12860 Climbers gear up after savoring fine Argentine cuisine https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-savoring-argentine-cuisine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aconcagua-savoring-argentine-cuisine https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-savoring-argentine-cuisine/#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2016 20:59:43 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=12841 “We have enjoyed a couple of nice evenings in Mendoza and Penitentes, savoring the fine Argentine cuisine and gearing up for our climb. We are very excited to begin our trek to Aconcagua base camp today. The trek to base camp is about 36 miles, and we plan to cover this distance over 3 days. […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-savoring-argentine-cuisine/feed/ 0 12841 Mountaineering team prepares to climb Aconcagua! https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-mountaineering-team/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aconcagua-mountaineering-team https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-mountaineering-team/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2016 04:07:32 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=12823 The Madison Mountaineering climbing team will soon be arriving in Mendoza, Argentina to begin our December expedition of the highest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres.  Aconcagua stands at an impressive 6,962m (22,834 ft.) above sea level and is great training for high altitude peaks in the Himalaya. Please follow our dispatches as we journey from […]

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