737 Leg 3 Aconcagua - Day 55

Hi Guys, more news. Things have changed. The weather is due to deteriorate over the next 5/6 days meaning we have a small weather window tomorrow to attempt the summit.

I had a long chat with our two team leaders; Gianni from Argentina and Tore from Norway about the situation. I also talked at length with my cameraman Diego.

After a long chat Diego and I made the decision that we would attempt the summit tomorrow from camp 2, instead of moving on to camp 3 or waiting further for a weather window once the bad weather comes in. This means a longer summit day but a better weather window will give us a higher chance of success. We talked it through at length with Gianni and Tore and myself and Diego were planning to leave the group and attempt the summit ourselves. It took a while to come to this decision, but that is the reason why I have spent almost the last 2 years training for difficult moments like this. Diego and I are fully prepared to carry on.

We then had a big group meeting and all discussed the situation further and Gianni, Tore and the group talked through all the options. The outcome now is that the whole group are also going to do the same thing meaning we will all climb together, making the most of our weather window. We plan to leave camp 2 at 3am Chilean time, 6am UK time to attempt the summit. It will be a long day, possibly 14-18 hours up and down at a guess at the rate we’ve been moving, it will be tough.

These kind of decisions are always tricky and need to be talked through at length. I am lucky to have the expert guidance of our experienced leaders as well as a good team. This is what it’s all about, you can never predict what is going to happen on the mountain. Tomorrow I hope my next update is from the summit of Aconcagua. Goodnight guys!