Aconcagua 3rd January 2009 Expedition News

24th January – The Aconcagua team are all safe back in Mendoza relaxing and preparing to fly back home.

21st January – Success – Zac called in from BC, Rik, Andy and Gerrit topped out with Zac & Caeser on the 20th.

An extremely cold morning made some of the team decide to turn around and with a 4 day storm on it’s way ruled out the possibilities of further summit attempts. All being well they will head out tomorrow from BC and be back in Mendoza on the 23rd. Well done to all for their efforts.

18th January – Zac called today to say they there was a big storm at Camp 2 last night, with lots of snow, which has now ruled out the possibility of attempting the Polish Glacier. So both Matt and Zac will be rejoining the main group to ascend the False Polish route.

16th January – Marinus has now moved up to camp 1. Marcel has decided to stay at base camp. Zac and Matt will move up to camp 2 in order to attempt the Polish Glacier. The rest of the group will move up a day behind with the local guide Ceaser, with the aim to summit on the 19th.

15th January – Zac left a message today to say that the team have had their rest day at camp 1 and will be heading up to camp 2 on schedule. Marinus and Marcel have been told to stay down at base camp for a day or two by the camp doctor due to illness. They are fine and will wait for the rest of the team there.

12th January – The team will make their second carry to camp 1 and stay tomorrow. They plan to have a rest day on the 13th, before starting the carries to camp 2.

10th January – Zac has called in from BC, they will be heading up to camp 1 tomorrow with their first carry. There had been a couple of storms but the weather is fine once again.

7th January – Zac and the team have arrived at Puente Del Inca. They will start the 3 day trek into BC tomorrow. The weather is good and the team are looking forward to stretching their legs.

5th January – All the team have now arrived after Andy was delayed. They are making their final preparations before heading up to Puente Del Inca.

The Team Leader : Zac Poulton

Matthew Dalby

Frank Musgrave

Marcellinus Smit

Gerrit Vreugdenhil

Marinus van Alfen

Paul Jansen

Rikkert van der Veer

Miriam Rapon

Andrew Edwards