Sunday, December 17, 2006
Aconcagua Final
Glenn and I left at 1200 yesturday to Camp II It took us 6 hours to
gain over 6000 ft and the wind was unbelievable? My Kestral wind
anemometer read gusts of 80mph and Glen and I were knocked off our feet
several dozen times. We arrived at campII with one of our tents
demolished in the high winds and luckly we brought another. The winds
continued all night and this morning and would not give us the break we
need to ascend the Polish glacier. We packed up Camp II with each of us
carrying over 100 lbs and took us 4.5 hours to decsend from Camp II to
Base Camp. We will head down the Vacas Valley in the Am (30 miles) and
get picked up and head back to Mendoza and hopefully can catch a flight
on tuesdaay. I want to thank everyone for following another exciting
ICEAXE Adventure and unfortunately mother nature has the last word. We
are all a little bummed we did not get to ski the amazing face (Polish
Glavcier) but it will still be there for another adventure. I want to
thank my family, John, Ryan and Glen for being great climbing partners.
The jouney would not have been so enjoyable without them. I want to
wish everyone a Happy Holidays and stay tuned for The Amazon Adventure
in a couple weeks!
Cheers,
Doug
gain over 6000 ft and the wind was unbelievable? My Kestral wind
anemometer read gusts of 80mph and Glen and I were knocked off our feet
several dozen times. We arrived at campII with one of our tents
demolished in the high winds and luckly we brought another. The winds
continued all night and this morning and would not give us the break we
need to ascend the Polish glacier. We packed up Camp II with each of us
carrying over 100 lbs and took us 4.5 hours to decsend from Camp II to
Base Camp. We will head down the Vacas Valley in the Am (30 miles) and
get picked up and head back to Mendoza and hopefully can catch a flight
on tuesdaay. I want to thank everyone for following another exciting
ICEAXE Adventure and unfortunately mother nature has the last word. We
are all a little bummed we did not get to ski the amazing face (Polish
Glavcier) but it will still be there for another adventure. I want to
thank my family, John, Ryan and Glen for being great climbing partners.
The jouney would not have been so enjoyable without them. I want to
wish everyone a Happy Holidays and stay tuned for The Amazon Adventure
in a couple weeks!
Cheers,
Doug
