Aconcagua Expeditions: Wedel & Team Pack and Rest at Base Camp
Hola amigos!
It was a simple day today but that didn’t mean it was an easy one. Our main mission was to get everything packed for the upper mountain and sneak some rest in.
But rest when you’re at 14,000 feet isn’t the same as taking a long sweet nap at home. Our bodies are still hard at work adapting to these great heights.
We’ve stressed our systems significantly and just as we start to feel pretty good here, we’ll stress them again as we head higher up. That’s acclimatization for you!
Everyone is doing well — little headaches here and there, but appetites are still strong and spirits are high.
We got our backpacks packed for tomorrow — mostly food, stoves, pots, pans, ice axes, crampons, and all the things we don’t need at base camp. They are loaded. Most of us with around 50lbs.
The winds are blowing up high, but down here it is that perfect kind of Plaza Argentina evening — sun still warm, boots off, everyone horizontal in some version of “rest.”
Soon we’ll have dinner and then fall asleep in our luxury accommodations: sleeping bags, down jackets and the gentle symphony of tent fabric flapping in the wind.
Sending all our love to everyone back home.
RMI Guide Jess Wedel and the Aconcagua team
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Hope it was restful!! Sending good vibes to you all for the trek tomorrow!!!! Song suggestion: Time, by Pink Floyd!
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