Aconcagua 2017.02 Archives - Madison Mountaineering https://madisonmountaineering.com/cat-dispatches/aconcagua/aconcagua-2017-02/ Come climb with us! Tue, 14 Feb 2017 06:40:36 +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 2017.02 Archives - Madison Mountaineering https://madisonmountaineering.com/cat-dispatches/aconcagua/aconcagua-2017-02/ 32 32 180905011 Aconcagua climbers reach 21,000ft https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-climbers-reach-21000ft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aconcagua-climbers-reach-21000ft https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-climbers-reach-21000ft/#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2017 06:40:36 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=13053 Hey everyone this is Eric with Madison Mountaineering just calling to report that the team is doing great. We have had a really long day we got up super early this morning went for the summit and a few things got in our way. We turned around at 21,000 feet and we all decided to […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-climbers-reach-21000ft/feed/ 0 13053 Team checks in from high camp on Aconcagua https://madisonmountaineering.com/madison-mountaineering-aconcagua-ascent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=madison-mountaineering-aconcagua-ascent https://madisonmountaineering.com/madison-mountaineering-aconcagua-ascent/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2017 04:09:05 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=13049 Hey this is Eric with Madison Mountaineering just giving you a call from high camp up here on Aconcagua. We have set up our tents just over 19,000ft and it is cold. Snowing a little bit but not to bad. We are making dinner and getting ready to go to for the summit tomorrow morning […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/madison-mountaineering-aconcagua-ascent/feed/ 0 13049 Successful move up to Aconcagua Camp 2 (5492m / 18,020ft) https://madisonmountaineering.com/february-aconcagua-camp-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-aconcagua-camp-2 https://madisonmountaineering.com/february-aconcagua-camp-2/#respond Sat, 11 Feb 2017 03:58:12 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=13047 Today Eric Salazar checked in to report that under great weather conditions the team made a successful second move of gear and supplies up to Aconcagua Camp 2 (5492m / 18,020ft) on the north flank of Aconcagua. Our team will now rest and prepare for the summit push in the days to come. Onward!

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/february-aconcagua-camp-2/feed/ 0 13047 Climbers moving up to Camp 2 today with decent weather https://madisonmountaineering.com/camp-2-today-with-decent-weather/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=camp-2-today-with-decent-weather https://madisonmountaineering.com/camp-2-today-with-decent-weather/#respond Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:34:56 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=13043 Hey everybody this is Eric with Madison Mountaineering, just calling in. We are going to be moving up to camp 2 today we have some decent weather it looks like and we are going to move up to 18,000 feet. Wish us luck we will call you when we get there. Talk to you later, […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/camp-2-today-with-decent-weather/feed/ 0 13043 Aconcagua climbing team reaches Camp 1 https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-climbing-team-reaches-camp-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aconcagua-climbing-team-reaches-camp-1 https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-climbing-team-reaches-camp-1/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2017 06:54:58 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=13038 Hey everybody this is Eric with Madison Mountaineering. Just calling to check in we had a long day, tough day up to camp one but we are up here, at 16,200ft. We had some burgers for dinner, lot of hot drinks and now everyone is tucked into bed. Looks like we will have some wind […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-climbing-team-reaches-camp-1/feed/ 0 13038 Eric calls in from Aconcagua base camp! https://madisonmountaineering.com/eric-salazar-from-aconcagua-base-camp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eric-salazar-from-aconcagua-base-camp https://madisonmountaineering.com/eric-salazar-from-aconcagua-base-camp/#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:53:57 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=13033 Hey everybody this is Eric calling in with Madison Mountaineering. Just letting you know we did our first carry all the way up to Camp One, 16,200ft. Everyone did pretty well, it was a tough day but we did it. We are all tucked in bed now getting ready tomorrow morning to move all the […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/eric-salazar-from-aconcagua-base-camp/feed/ 0 13033 Team arrives at Plaza Argentina base camp https://madisonmountaineering.com/plaza-argentina-base-camp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plaza-argentina-base-camp https://madisonmountaineering.com/plaza-argentina-base-camp/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:35:38 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=13029 Hello everybody, we are really enjoying ourselves here in Plaza Argentina, base camp of Aconcagua. We are resting, relaxing, and eating well. We will continue our first carry up too camp one, then spend one more night in base camp before we move on to the upper mountain. The team is strong and doing well. We even already […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/plaza-argentina-base-camp/feed/ 0 13029 Climbers move from Penitentes to base camp https://madisonmountaineering.com/penitentes-to-aconcagua-base-camp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=penitentes-to-aconcagua-base-camp https://madisonmountaineering.com/penitentes-to-aconcagua-base-camp/#respond Sun, 05 Feb 2017 01:27:45 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=13025 Hey everybody, we have had a great stay in Penitentes, and a good drive up into the mountains. We are now at base camp just above 14,000ft. Hard hike up and pretty windy and snowy. The team is excited to get on the mountain. Talk to you soon! Eric Salazar  . .

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/penitentes-to-aconcagua-base-camp/feed/ 0 13025 Aconcagua expedition team departs for Penitentes https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-team-arrives-penitentes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aconcagua-team-arrives-penitentes https://madisonmountaineering.com/aconcagua-team-arrives-penitentes/#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2017 04:20:15 +0000 http://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=13020 Greetings from Argentina, our team has arrived and we are preparing to go to the town of Penitentes. Here we will have our last big dinner and head of toward Aconcagua the following morning. Everyone is excited and ready to start climbing. We’ll be talking soon on the dispatch. Hello to our friends and family, back home. Cheers! […]

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