Food planning in Mendoza. Left: Tove, Sven - Right: Marius, Christen, Atle and Jarle
Our hotel in Penitentes
Jarle, the snoring man, decided to sleep outside in his bivouac bag (despite having a tent)
The south face of Aconcagua, seen from the Horcones valley
Inhabitant of Horcones valley
Håkon Hesselberg - Expedition leader
Jarle
Marius
Avinash Sinha - Expedition doctor :)
Sven's Julbo glasses
New Years Eve
Knut-Roald (in his Helsport jacket)
From left. Sven, Håkon, Christen, Knut-Roald and Mona
Acclimatisation trip from Confluencia towards Plaza Francia. Knut-Roald and Håkon are trying to find out how far we have to go to see the south face of Aconcagua.
Naturally created tunnel, next to Plaza del Inka, not far from the park entrance.
Team ready to start the trek to camp 1 (Confluencia)
Mules returning from basecamp or Confluencia
Tove, with Aconcagua in the background.
Camp 1 - Confluencia (3300m)
Looking into the Horcones valley.
Making breakfast in Confluencia
A little grassy piece in the middle of all the rocky terrain.
Summit of Aconcagua, seen from Horcones valley at appr. 3500m
Mules crossing river
Avi made the best spaghetti we ever had in basecamp
Isi Sherpa from Nepal (lives in Seattle) was on his way to do the seven summits in 10 months. Aconcagua was his 5th. He was going to Vinson in Antarctica afterwards, then Everest.
The team (Except Tove and Jarle) gathered at the summit of Bonete at 5002 meters.
Hotel in basecamp (located a few km away)
Atle, working on his walking stick
Jarle was eventually talked into using his tent.
Christen doing "tent stuff"
Preparing food before heading up to Camp 3 to desposit.
Tato's (our service provider) water system.
Penitentes
Sigbjørn reading his oversized book. He carried it all the way to Camp 5 (5780m)
Atle depositing gear at Camp 3 (Canada - 4910m)
Camp 3 - Canada (4910m)
Taking a break before heading back down to basecamp.
Resting in basecamp
Dinner at Camp 3
Sigbjørn on his way to Camp 4 to deposit food and clothes.
Atle on his way to Camp 4 to deposit stuff
Håkon enjoying his Qaker porridge for breakfast
Ready to leave for Camp 4. Trashbag, pee bottle, etc: ca 25kg
Mammut, provide by Steggen Villmarkssenter (www.steggen.no)
Camp 4 - Nido (5380m)
Nido - 5380m
Atle eating dinner in Nido
Spectacular view from the tent
66% oxygen saturation....a bit low? It increased...
Sunburned, frozen, dirty....
Atle was nicknamed Atletubbi after putting on his down suit (Bergans - provided by www.steggen.no)
Snow melting in Nido
Party in the tent (from left: Atle, Marius and Sven)
Caused by my 7000.- Scarpa Phantom 8000. Not what I wanted!
Aconcagua casting it's mighty shadow over the morning mist
Sigbjørn and Atle on the summit (6962m)
Very exhausted, hypoxia on the way, causing nausea and fatique. Goggles rock though!
From Left: Christen, Sigbjørn, Atle, Mona, Jarle, Håkon and Sven. Marius had already left the summit.
Morning after summit. Dehydrated and exhausted. Camera fogged up due to the cold (only -10 though)
Thomas, our guide. We decided to use a guide to help some of the slower members. 100% success for Thomas' first group.
Gathering payments for the basecamp facilities (like burgers and beer)
Jarle, a very happy man after summiting, despite giving up at Canada deposit.
Packing up in Penitentes, waiting for transport to Santiago.
I feel awful for not getting a sponsor picture for Steggen at the summit. Please visit www.steggen.no ! :)
Mona and Jarle.
Christen had gotten enough sun for one day.
Sunset in Reñaca, Chile
This is defintely on my top ten list of steaks I've had...from Santiago
HDR Photo - From day 2, on our way to Mendoza
HDR Photo - view towards Chile from summit of Bonete
HDR Photo - Cold in basecamp but sun still shining on Aconcagua
HDR Photo - view from outside tent towards Horcones Valley in the sunset
