Month: February 2023

Day ???: While in Cartehega, we were constantly accosted by people on the streets trying to sell us stuff, even when sitting in restaurants.One of the days, we went out on a snorkeling boat tour. We joked that the "spammers" would show up on jetskis trying to sell us stuff. Well, they did! When our boat parked at an island a bunch of kayakers came up with a full bar trying to sell us liquor. Then later on, a bunch of people came up to our boat on ACTUAL jetskis trying to sell us rides. The hustle is truly alive in Columbia

Day 37: After peeing in bottles, shitting in bags, sleeping in tents at 19,000 feet, and not showering for two weeks, 11/13 of our team made it to the top of Aconcagua at 22,841 ft. The highest peak outside of Asia, beating out peaks such as Denali, Killimanjaro, and Elbrus.Summit day took 14 hrs, with an average heartrate of 145bpm. Truly the hardest single day of my life, and incredibly proud of it. I will write a longer trip report on my blog later!

Day 25: Aconcagua let's goooooooo!!! See ya in 2 weeks!

Day 17: Cayame, 19,000 ft (exactly). The highest I had ever been. The peak was no gimmie, with the glacier truly going on for hours. 7 hours from bottom to top with 4k elevation gain. Luckily due to our speed we got to start at 2am, which was "late"; a lot of teams started at 11pm, one even at 10:30.I had, and continue to have, boot/feet problems. This time I got blisters on my toe knuckles. Honestly the constant boots issues have been the most challenging part of this whole trip. Does anyone else have this problem?The mountains are starting to look and feel like mountains you watch on film and hear about. Long, steep glaciers; cravssse dangers. This one even had ice falls!(see the last pic).This marks peak 7 of 9 for me. I think I'm going to make a film about my adventure called "9 peaks"

Day 21: Some photos I took around Quito, Ecuador during the downtime between climbing mountains.I didn't really realize how pretty stained glass was, but I think I'm in love now.Quito has to be the hillest city I've ever seen. San Francisco has nothing it. I'm not usually a fan of cityscapes, but this one truly took my breath away. I'm excited to see what other cities of the world look like.