Leader: Liam Scott

Team: Iolo J, Eamon E, Kieran L, Christian C, Richard J

13th Feb: Liam phoned in today to say that the group are now back down at Camp 1 after a wild summit day. The team reached the independancy hut in good time despite snow and windy conditions. Other teams above them started to turn round as weather deteriorated. They reached 6500m at which point the visibility turned to white out. This left the team with no choice but to descend. A valiant effort by all in difficult conditions, but such is the way the mountains sometimes. The team are now looking forward to a slap up meal in Mendoza.

Leader: Kieran Hodgson

Team: Chris G, Stuart G, Jack A, Thomas A, Simon W, Mark R, Philip S, Robert M, Jack B, Geoffrey B, Matthew N, Bob L

21st Jan: Kieran rang this morning with the good news that 3 clients and himself reached the summit of Aconcagua yesterday; Tom A, Jack A and Mark R.

Stuart G reached as far as Black Rocks, and Simon W and Philip S turned back just before Black Rocks. The weather for the summit was perfect. They are heading back to Base Camp today and the weather has turned wild, so it looks like they picked the right day to summit. Congratulations to the team!

Leaders: Mark Scales & Kieran Hodgson + Local Guides Leandro and Agustin

Team: Paul Gr, Rachel W, Karen S, Diana T, Rony M, Paul Gl, James R, John C, Dominic G, Adrian C, Alexandra S, Nicholas R, Simon L, Emma L, Paul M, Marc C, Catharine S, Ludwig H, James W, Ali L

2nd Jan: The Summit was reached on New Year’s Eve by the team below, with others turning back at various other points shown. Good weather to start with deteriorated to white out conditions on the summit.

All expect to be back in Mendoza on the evening of 3 January.

Summit
Paul Gr
Paul M
Paul G
Catherine S
Adrian C
Marc C
James W
Ludwig H
Alexandra S

Cave 6700m
Karen S
Diana T
James R

Independence Hut 6300m
John C
Nicholas R
Simon L
Emma L
Alison L
Rony M

Started but returned to camp
Dominic G

Base camp
Rachel W

Leaders - Chris Szymiec & Max Hunter

Mark Burley 
Paul Etheridge
Philip Stepp 
Viviane Cotes
Simon Hewes 
Andrew Pendleton
Rony Mukherjee 
Ali Lewis
Alan Coles 
David Robins
Ashley Bickerstaff 
Dorothy Stirling
Christian Myrdahl 
Ross Hill

The Team

• Leader : Rob Wills
• Alan McClure
• Keith Reesby
• Josh Lewsey
• Tony Brownlee
• Shane Armstrong
• Ondina Harryman
• Jonathan Bernstein
• Richard Macavoy
• Neil Totman
• Andrew James
• Helle Sorensen

15th Feb - Rob has called in today, signal was very broken so we do not know the full details of how summit day went, but we can confirm the following people reached the top: Helle, Neil, Richard, Ondina, Jonathan, Keith & Cesar. The rest of the group reached 6400m and decided to turn back. All are now back at base camp. Well done to all for their efforts.

The Team Leader : Chris Horobin

Chris Piper

Andrew Gillespie

Simon Giles

Andrew Horton

Nicholas Patterson

Karen Farley

Ryan Farley

Jean Turner

Raelene Edwards

Final Report - sent by Andrew Horton

Chris Horobin turned around after approx 2 hours and the rest of us summited at approx 2pm to clear views if somewhat slightly cold

The Team Leader : Dafydd Morris

Robert Brain

Craig Bisset

Keith Jennick

SUMMIT SUCCESS! Craig, Keith & Dafydd all reach the summit of Aconcagua