Sunday, December 11, 2005

Its great to be home now and to look back on a wonderful trip. Here are some photos from the adventure.

The IL-76 shortly after touch-down on the ice at Patriot Hills.















The Twin Otter taking off toward Vinson Base.















Vinson base camp with Mt. Vinson in the background.














On the way to camp 1.


















On the way to camp 2 - the headwall.


















Looking down the lower headwall towards Sue's Pyramid.
















Past the headwall - just about to camp 2 on the Shinn-Vinson Col.














Camp 2 (high camp).














Climbing above high camp.















Looking up towards the summit. Our route of ascent was the right skyline and we descended the left side.








In the upper valley just before the summit pyramid.















Gaining the summit ridge.














Looking back on the lower summit ridge.















The team within minutes of the top.











Smile on top.















Heading down the left skyline.















The final stretch back into basecamp.

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Greetings from Santiago, Chile! The last few days have been a little bit of a blur. Within a few hours of getting down to Vinson Base Camp we were wisked away to Patriot Hills in a Twin Otter airplane. The next day (after repacking, eating many quesodillas, and numerous games of hearts) The IL76 came in (amazingly) on schedule. We took off around 1o pm and got into Punta Arenas at about 3 am and to our hotel at 4am. After a short rest and a much needed shower, we got our flight arrangements taken care of at the LAN Chile office and then off to the airport. All of the team members are in Santiago now and will be going thier own ways from here. It has been an amazing trip to a breaththaking place with wonderful people. Thanks for checking up on us, this will be the last real update. I will post some trip photos in the next few days.

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