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January 3rd. We had ‘missed’ New Years on the walk in, falling asleep at 8. Missed the one firework lit at basecamp. After some rest we now set to hike up to Camp 1, a higher crest of flattish land…

Sorry about the delay. We will continue to attempt to update this with two days at a time over the next few days. When we last touched base we mentioned that we had spent 3 days hiking in toward the…

With a bloated belly filled with the best 6-inch ham-cheese burger, fries, beer, and coke we sat in the sun, listening to 90’s rock feeling nearly human again, except that our clothes reeked (something like the Lipton’s soup mix we…

Info from Mom (Barbara Mallory): The communication from the mountain is poor even in today’s technical society so I thought I would update you on what we think is happening according to Dan and Adam’s climb in 2000 and what…

A quick update we received from Laura and Logan:   Well, after three days of trekking we have arrived at Plaza Argentina (basecamp). Feels like we have already climbed a mountain and yet it still lumes over us.   After…

Spotty internet,  weren’t sure if this would go through. Last two days in Mendoza were hectic and this coming after running through an airport with 160lbs of gear and pleading with staff to let us on the connecting flight.  There…

A few hectic last few hours, gear spread across a shag carpeted floor.  Logan running from one idea to the next and Laura focused on the list in hand,  but with her mind creeping off to the seeming impossibility of…

On December 27th, 2016 Laura Mallory and her fiancé Logan Juffermans are flying to South America to climb Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, at 22,838 ft (6,961 metres) in elevation. This will be the last of the Seven Summits for Laura and…