26th Dec 23:

From all of us at CTSS, Merry Christmas! We hope you are having a wonderful day with family and friends

Some brief news from the mountains;

On Vinson, our team is back to Base Camp and enjoyed a restful Christmas Day celebrating their success. Today there is a bit of fog at Vinson Base Camp so they will likely fly back to Union Glacier tomorrow or the following day. They are tentatively scheduled to fly back to Chile on the 30th.

On Aconcagua, the team did a carry to Camp 1 and elected to rest today to give themselves a bit more time to acclimatize before they head back uphill today move to Camp 1.

Cheers
CTSS Team

Aconcagua’s West Face at sunset after descending back to basecamp – Photo Robert Jantzen
Vinson for Christmas – Photo PS Sim