It is a two day hike to Plaza de Mulas but as soon as weĪrrived at the intermediate camp at Confluencia we started feeling Were to head up the Horcones River valley to the Base Camp at Plazaĭe Mulas. Located depending on which side of the mountain is being climbed. This is where the two trailheads to the mountain are Up the road toward Santiago, Chile to the little ski resort of Las Once the preliminary work was done we caught a 3 hour ride back The high winds and heavy snow that she and her team had just experienced while there. Gear rental store who gave us some great information about the We met a girl named Bri from Seattle at the
Had died by accidently walking off of the South Face. “successful” people had to be evacuated for frost bite and one Of the usual 350 people by that time of year and half of those While we wereĭoing this we heard that so far only 15 people had summited instead Some scrambing and our credit card company shut down our credit cardĭue to the large amounts of money we were spending. We were able to get everything done that we needed though it took We would also arrange mule transport to carry food and equipment toīase Camp and arrange permits to climb the mountain there. The plan was to arrive in Mendoza (the gateway to Parque ProvincialĪconcagua) and figure it out on the fly. Limited with our packing space since we are traveling for several months afterwards, we opted to supplement our cold weather clothing with anything extra we needed for highĪltitude mountaineering at a local rental shop. We had some gear and clothing with us but This time there wasĪlmost no pre-planning. Of planning and organizing from the US involved. On John's first summit (Polish Glacier Route) there was months So many other cool things to do that this feeling did not last long. This was very disappointing but there was Highlight was ski mountaineering, so we raced around Ushuaia andįound a teli and AT ski set up for the week but then were told 2 daysīefore the trip left that they had made a mistake and that the ski Kayaking, and camping out on the ice we were 100% sold on going. We found out that one of the expeditions was called “Base CampĪntarctica” and offered ski mountaineering, mountaineering, Were returning to jobs in July that this was the time to do it. Only going to become more expensive as the years went by (or even travel to Antarctica banned) and since we The trip was going to be a budgetīreaker but after discussing it we decided that since the trips were
Have discovered this trick so the supply and demand is not asįavorable as it used to be. Theĭiscounts were not quite as much as we hoped since many other people Sarah and Gabriel at Freestyle Adventure Travel helped go through the trips available leaving in the next week. To our joy we found there were twoĮxpedition ships leaving that week that had discounted cabins. Minute cruise to the Ice Continent for a steep discount if they are With someįlexibility to your schedule it was often possible to pick up a last Vietnam we met a fellow traveler who told us about going to Ushuaia,Īrgentina where the cruise ships leave for Antarctica.