Aconcagua 2020.01 Archives - Madison Mountaineering https://madisonmountaineering.com/cat-dispatches/aconcagua/aconcagua-2020-01/ Come climb with us! Tue, 03 Mar 2020 21:19:20 +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 2020.01 Archives - Madison Mountaineering https://madisonmountaineering.com/cat-dispatches/aconcagua/aconcagua-2020-01/ 32 32 180905011 Climb Conclusion Celebration https://madisonmountaineering.com/climb-conclusion-celebration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climb-conclusion-celebration https://madisonmountaineering.com/climb-conclusion-celebration/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2020 13:49:21 +0000 https://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=21636 Our team of climbers, cameramen and Argentina support staff after our climb and celebratory ‘asado’ (barbecue) in base camp. We had a wonderful expedition on Aconcagua, everyone is safely off the mountain, and now beginning the trek out from base camp. We are looking forward to arriving in Mendoza tonight and enjoying some warm weather! […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/climb-conclusion-celebration/feed/ 0 21636-32.65023 -70.057861-32.65023-70.057861 Team safely down to base camp https://madisonmountaineering.com/team-safely-down-to-base-camp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=team-safely-down-to-base-camp https://madisonmountaineering.com/team-safely-down-to-base-camp/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2020 02:17:29 +0000 https://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=21635 With all of the Aconcagua team safely down to base camp, expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team.  We are all back down in Plaza de Mulas base camp – 14,000 ft. on the normal route of Aconcagua.  We had a great time on […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/team-safely-down-to-base-camp/feed/ 0 21635-32.65023 -70.057861-32.65023-70.057861 Did they summit?? https://madisonmountaineering.com/did-they-summit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=did-they-summit https://madisonmountaineering.com/did-they-summit/#respond Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:08:26 +0000 https://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=21634 With drama and suspense worthy of a TV show, expedition leader Garrett Madison provides a recap of summit day on Aconcagua: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team.  Today we went for our summit push and we had good weather, but we’re not going to tell what happened because we want you […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/did-they-summit/feed/ 0 21634-32.637032 -70.019568-32.637032-70.019568 Going for the summit tomorrow https://madisonmountaineering.com/going-for-the-summit-tomorrow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=going-for-the-summit-tomorrow https://madisonmountaineering.com/going-for-the-summit-tomorrow/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:17:28 +0000 https://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=21633 Hi, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team.  We’re up at high camp, Camp 3 on the normal route – Cholera Camp (5945m/19,504ft).  And everyone’s doing really well.  The weather seems to be improving so we are looking forward to potentially a nice summit day.  But there’s only one way to find out.  […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/going-for-the-summit-tomorrow/feed/ 0 21633-32.637032 -70.019568-32.637032-70.019568 Up to Aconcagua Camp 3 tomorrow https://madisonmountaineering.com/up-to-aconcagua-camp-3-tomorrow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=up-to-aconcagua-camp-3-tomorrow https://madisonmountaineering.com/up-to-aconcagua-camp-3-tomorrow/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2020 22:43:12 +0000 https://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=21632 The plan is to move up to Camp 3 tomorrow after waiting out the winds hitting the upper mountain.  Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison, with the details: Hello!  This is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team up here at Camp 2 on the normal route – Nido de Cóndores.  We took another rest day […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/up-to-aconcagua-camp-3-tomorrow/feed/ 0 21632-32.636936 -70.030438-32.636936-70.030438 Rest Day at Camp 2 https://madisonmountaineering.com/rest-day-at-camp-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rest-day-at-camp-2 https://madisonmountaineering.com/rest-day-at-camp-2/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2020 23:21:06 +0000 https://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=21629 Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, reports in from Camp 2 on Aconcagua: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team.  We’re up here at Camp 2.  We had a great rest day in Nido de Condores camp.  Nice day – not too windy and not as warm as yesterday but still not too cold. […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/rest-day-at-camp-2/feed/ 0 21629 Carry to Camp 3 https://madisonmountaineering.com/carry-to-camp-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carry-to-camp-3 https://madisonmountaineering.com/carry-to-camp-3/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2020 20:54:26 +0000 https://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=21626 The Aconcagua team made a carry up to Camp 3 – Cholera Camp (5974m/19,600ft.) today and are back at Camp 2.  Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, phoned in today’s dispatch via satellite phone: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team.  We are at Camp 2 on Aconcagua.  We had a great day today.  […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/carry-to-camp-3/feed/ 0 21626-32.6369 -70.0304-32.6369-70.0304 Nido de Cóndores – Camp 2 (5585m/18,325ft.) https://madisonmountaineering.com/nido-de-condores-camp-2-5585m-18325ft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nido-de-condores-camp-2-5585m-18325ft https://madisonmountaineering.com/nido-de-condores-camp-2-5585m-18325ft/#respond Sun, 02 Feb 2020 23:02:35 +0000 https://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=21621 The Aconcagua team today moved up to Nido de Cóndores our Camp 2 at 5585m/18,325ft.  Here’s Garrett’s dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua climb.  Today we climbed up to Camp 2 – Nido de Cóndores on Aconcagua on the normal route.  Everybody did great!  We got up to camp, set up […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/nido-de-condores-camp-2-5585m-18325ft/feed/ 0 21621-32.636738 -70.029105-32.636738-70.029105 The move up to Camp 1 https://madisonmountaineering.com/the-move-up-to-camp-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-move-up-to-camp-1 https://madisonmountaineering.com/the-move-up-to-camp-1/#respond Sat, 01 Feb 2020 23:57:18 +0000 https://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=21616 Team member Sid Pattison provides today’s expedition dispatch as the team moves up to Camp 1 on Aconcagua: Well the team made it up to Camp 1 (5052m/16,575ft) in good style today.  We are up here, we got to reap the benefits of food and water we brought up the other day.  Now, after dinner […]

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]]> https://madisonmountaineering.com/the-move-up-to-camp-1/feed/ 0 21616-32.6451 -70.0436-32.6451-70.0436 Carry to Camp 1 https://madisonmountaineering.com/carry-to-camp-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carry-to-camp-1 https://madisonmountaineering.com/carry-to-camp-1/#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2020 02:21:48 +0000 https://madisondevelop.wpengine.com/?p=21243 Our Aconcagua team made a carry of gear up to Camp 1 and returned to base camp today.  Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides this dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua expedition.  We had a great day doing a carry up to Camp 1 on Aconcagua today.  It was sunny in the […]

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