737 Leg 3 Aconcagua - Day 55

Hi Guys. I had phone issues yesterday, ran out of battery and it wouldn’t recharge but back up and running today! Climbed from camp 1 Canada Camp yesterday to camp 2 Nido de Condores, which means “condors nest”. Camp 2 is at 5480m. It took us about 5 hours to climb up fully loaded because we are moving up the mountain now carrying all our gear which is 20-25 kilos. It was pretty windy, maybe 50-55km winds but it settled down in the evening. Today is a rest day at camp 2.

Had some funny tent issues last night. Finding a spot to pitch our tent was really tough as there isn’t much level ground, trying not to pitch on a slope was near enough impossible! We moved our tent once and even spent ages lying down in different positions to ensure we had the best spot before re pitching again. This morning when Diego and I woke in the tent we were in stitches as we had slipped to the corner of the tent, very funny.

Everyone is in good spirits. It’s getting tougher now though, altitude is playing a factor and things are becoming a lot more difficult. Just working out how to approach summit, whether we go from camp 2 and have a savage summit day or move on to camp 3 and make the ascent from there. Obviously it’s a shorter day but sleeping that high is much tougher. We will discuss plans together and the leader will make the decision, will wait and see. Weather good for summiting at the moment but can change anytime as always. Hopefully things will go according to plan and we will summit in the next few days.

Good luck Wales tonight v England and if you are going or watching have a top night! Rich.