Aconcagua Expedition: Luedtke & Team Delayed, Return to Mendoza
We started the day in our fancy hotel, enjoying eggs and sausage and coffee as well.
The van had arrived, the gear was all packed and our guides diligently made up for what we lacked
The bus swayed and vistas were scanned, 3 hours more to begin what we planned
But when we stopped to pee we heard the news, one weather day we had to lose.
We decended the highway trying not to be crass, Aconcagua had told us, you shall not pass
The city came close and I remembered my luck, I was in South America no other place I'd rather be stuck
Another night in the land of sun and good wine, another joke about chubrub would not be out of line
RMI Climber Colin Young
Due to heavy rains the Aconcagua National Park closed today. (Jan. 8) The team will start their trek tomorrow to Base Camp.
