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Day
1 MENDOZA: Welcome. We’ll receive you
at Francisco Gabrielli Airport or at the bus-station, and
then take you to your hotel. Later, we’ll check the
personal equipment. Afterwards we will have a welcome Dinner
in a typical Argentinean restaurant.
Day 2 MENDOZA / PENITENTES:
At 8:30 in the morning, we’ll take you from your hotel
to the Natural Resource Office to get Climbing Permission
(this will be the responsibility of each climber). After that
we leave for Penitentes. Lodging in hotel or apartment. Organization
of gear and distribution of weight. Dinner.
Day
3 PENITENTES / PAMPA DE LEÑAS:
After breakfast we’ll send our heavy equipment in mules.
Then, we will continue to the Quebrada de Vacas, last transitable
place. We will continue slowly until Pampa de Leñas,
where we’ll camp. Dinner.
Day
4 PAMPA DE LEÑAS / PIEDRA GRANDE:
Breakfast. We will continue slowly until Piedra Grande, where
we’ll camp. Dinner.
Day
5 PIEDRA GRANDE / PLAZA ARGENTINA:
Breakfast and after leaving the camp, we’ll hike to
Plaza Argentina (4.300 mts.). When arriving we’ll construct
our base camp. Dinner.
Day
6 PLAZA ARGENTINA:
Free day to rest. Full board.
Day
7 PLAZA ARGENTINA:
Free day to rest or carry supplies. Full board.
Day
8 PLAZA ARGENTINA:
Free day to rest or carry supplies. Full board.
Day
9 PLAZA ARGENTINA / 1st. CAMP:
Breakfast, we’ll start climb and will take the first
night in 1st. Camp at 4.800 mts high. We wi’ll make
high camp. Dinner.
Day
10 1st. CAMP / 2nd. CAMP:
Breakfast. Continue slowly to 2nd. Camp (5.400 mts.), on the
way we will be able to see almost the whole route that we’ll
take in the following days. Setting up camp.
Day
11 2nd. CAMP / BERLIN (or PLAZA COLERA):
Taking into account accommodation availability in Berlin,
the climber’s physical condition and the weather, we’ll
stop in this camp located between 5.900 and 6.000 mts. high.
Day
12 BERLIN / SUMMIT / BERLIN:
The BIG DAY has come! we wi’ll leave
the camp early in the morning and make good time to conquest
our objective, the ACONCAGUA SUMMIT. The
time table to arrive at the summit is at 1 p.m. Then we’ll
return to Berlin.
Day
13 BERLIN / PLAZA DE MULAS:
Breakfast. Return to Plaza de Mulas, where we’ll be
able to enjoy a relaxing bath and then we’ll organize
our gear to descend next day until Puente del Inca.
Day 14 PLAZA DE MULAS / PENITENTES:
Breakfast, then we’ll make our last effort. Our transportation
will receive us in the Laguna de Horcones. Lodging and dinner.
Day 15 PENITENTES / MENDOZA:
After breakfast, we’ll return to Mendoza. Lodging and
farewell dinner.
Day 16 MENDOZA:
Transfer to the Airport or bus-station. Farewell, until the
next challenge.
NOTE:
Two extra days are considered in case of climatic changes.
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