wfinley Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Trip: Aconcagua - Polish Direct Date: 1/5/2010 Trip Report: I asked around back in November for suggestions on where to go and ended up choosing the obvious... So my wife & I headed down and climbed the Polish Direct in January. To make a very long story short we had terrible conditions on the route and ended having to bivy on the summit. We came down the next morning and my wife got frostbite on one of her big toes. I got by with just standard frontnip to the nose and toe tips. Full write up here. If you'd rather skip the boring parts and just read about the route click here . Some pix below. Gear Notes: Bivy sack and good boots. Approach Notes: Fly to Mendoza... take a mule to basecamp. Try and not get behind the old guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainsloth Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 yikes! you guys are lucky to be alright! the mountain gods look kindly on you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 well written, sounds like an adventure! good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletor Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Wow, those photos are super sharp. Can ask I what camera you use? (plan to read about the epic after I get off work) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfinley Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Wow, those photos are super sharp. Can ask I what camera you use? I carried a Canon G11 and my wife had a Canon SD880. The 880 takes great photos for it's size but the G11 is amazing. However the G11 doesn't quite fit in a jacket pocket comfortably. PS - the sharpening is all part of the editing process ( I use Aperture). You can make iphone pix look sharp with the right filters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhelmstadter Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 (edited) awesome sounding adventure and great pictures! how windy was it up there? Edited May 6, 2010 by danhelmstadter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaredSilly Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Nice write up. Got lucky, really lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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