December 20th. The team is still at Vinson base camp due to cloudy weather…the cloud layer has been persistent for two days. But, the team is still enjoying and getting some unexpected rest days … [Read more...] about Delayed At Basecamp
Dispatches from Base Camp
News from the ice
We are still at Mt Vinson basecamp today, we arrived yesterday hoping to fly back to Union Glacier the main hub camp, but the weather was cloudy so they couldn’t come in with the plane. We summited on … [Read more...] about News from the ice
Summit!
December 16th: The first Vinson team of the season reached the summit today ! It was a long haul as they waited 6 days in low camp for poor weather to clear and finally got the break they … [Read more...] about Summit!
Hunkered Down!
Sunday morning December 12. The Vinson team remains at low camp on Sunday as there is an ominous weather forecast in the coming days up high. A few groups had climbed to high camp yesterday but … [Read more...] about Hunkered Down!
Rest Day
Rest Day At Low Camp On December 9, the Vinson group climbed up to low camp and settled in on the hard packed snow in the evening. It was a quite nice walk with temperatures around -10 Celsius … [Read more...] about Rest Day
