Our teams in the Southern Hemisphere have been busy.

In Ecuador, the whole team has landed and will begin acclimatizing soon. After a day of gear checks, guide briefings, and even a city tour, our team will turn their attention to Rumiñahui Central, which sits at 15,203 feet. Photos below from CTSS Guide Ty Sauerbrey from their day spent exploring Quito!

The weather has been active in Argentina, which prevented our team on Aconcagua from summiting. An update from CTSS Guide Mike King gave us a peek into the conditions: “Woke up to clear skies, but the wind and snow quickly turned on us. We got to just below Independencia Hut.”

The team is now resting at Plaza de Mulas and will continue their trek out in the coming days. We congratulate ALL of our climbers on this team for their efforts on the mountain and the personal wins they found along the way. The photo below is from Mike King, and the conditions sure do look a little tough!

Our Mount Sidley team has officially departed Antarctica and are now back in Punta Arenas before catching flights home. We loved following along with all of our summit teams on Vinson and Sidley this year. With their safe return to Chile, our Vinson season has officially wrapped with a massive amount of success on the mountain!