Loading the jeep in Mendoza
Along the road from Mendoza to Mercedario
The refugee at Laguna Blanca (3200m). This is how far a jeep can take you.
Sunset at Laguna Blanca
Andrew makes his dinner at the refugee, Laguna Blanca
Base camp at 3600m and Mercedario behind
Andrew and his carry of load to C1
We are resting while moving up to ABC
Small penitentes at 4000m
ABC at 4100m
Penitentes above C1
Andrew is carrying a load to C2
Lyngve somewhere below C2. Ansilda mountains behind.
Walking through penitentes on our way down to C1
Andrew descends through the penitentes, many of them higher than him.
Sunset at C1, approx 4400m
Penitentes at C1
We decided to camp here, approx midway between C1 and C2
Andrew on his way to C2
Lyngve arrives C2 at 5200 metres
Andrew is pitching his Hilleberg Jannu tent in C2
Scenery above C2
The Andes mountain range as seen from above C2
C2 is in the bowl below
Andrew on his way to C3 in detoriating weather. Mercedario summit behind (far right).
Frozen tents in C3 at 5800m
Snow storm in C3
Risotto and dried meat in C3
Rest day in C3 in windy conditions
A memorial of a dead climber in C3
Before sunrise at C3. The wind was too extreme to start a summit push.
Two beaten tents in C3 after a violent storm in C3
Andrew is descending from C3 while Mercedario still have jet winds blowing over its ridge.
Andrew on the slopes above C2
Andrew somewhere between C2 and C1
Ansilda mountains on a beautiful day
Andrew is descending to BC
A small canyon above BC
Andrew in BC and Mercedario beyond
Colorful scene in a valley above BC
High winds on Mercedario
Rock formations above BC
Mercedario as seen from BC
Laguna Blanca
Our jeep driver at Laguna Blanca
Arid landscape of Argentina
Trees in the arid landscape
Mercedario in the far distance
A river canyon east of Mercedario
Canyons and Ansilda mountains behind
The Ansilda range. Some of these peaks are almost 6000m.
Mercedario from east
Mercedario and neighbouring peaks from east
Salt plains below Mercedario
Driving a jeep on the salt plains is fun
Salt plains
Ansilda mountains rising from the plains
Mercedario and Ansilda mountains from the plains east of them
