| Day 0 |
Flight to Mendoza. You should arrange your flight in order to arrive to Santiago (Chile) in the morning and connect to Mendoza the same day. |
| Day 1 |
Mendoza (2,428 ft). We'll be waiting for you at the airport and then we'll drive to the Hotel. After having an introductory meeting and checking gear we'll go out for a welcome dinner in a typical Argentinean "parrilla".
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| Day 2 |
Mendoza – Penitentes. Early in the morning we'll obtain the mandatory permits and immediately drive to Penitentes (8,860 ft) where we'll arrange the loads for the mules. Night at the Hotel.
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| Days 3-5 |
Approach to Plaza Argentina Base Camp (13,700 ft). Mules will carry our gear. Our first two days we'll follow the Vacas valley. On the third day we'll continue up the Relinchos Valley to our base Camp.
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| Day 6 |
Plaza Argentina. Today is a day for resting, preparing for our main objective and enjoying the Andes views. |
| Day 7 |
Plaza Argentina / Camp I (16,000 ft). This day we'll carry some loads to our first high camp and return to base (4-6 hours). |
| Day 8 |
Plaza Argentina. Rest day. We'll just relax and get ready for leaving base camp the next day. |
| Day 9 |
Plaza Argentina / Camp I (16,000 ft). We'll leave base camp and head northwest over the moraine of the Relinchos Glacier to arrive later at the site of Camp I. Here we'll set our tents and spend the night. (4-6 hours). |
| Day 10 |
Camp I / Camp II carry (19,300 ft). From Camp I, we'll climb to the Ameghino Col (17,650 ft.) and then towards the base of the Polish Glacier. Here we'll leave some gear, take a close look to our route and then return to C1 (5-6 hours). |
| Day 11 |
Camp I. This day we'll just rest and review climbing techniques and strategy. |
| Day 12 |
Camp I / Camp II. We'll be moving our camp at the base of the glacier. |
| Day 13 |
Camp II. This day we'll just rest, study the route and get ready for our summit attempt. |
| Day 14 |
Summit day (22,841 ft). Today we'll attempt the summit through the Direct Polish Glacier route. Depending on ice conditions we'll be using different climbing techniques until we reach the ridge that will take us to the summit. From the top we'll take the normal route and then the False Polish traverse to return to Camp II (10-12 hours) |
| Day 15-16 |
Extra days. We include two extra days in case of bad weather or for further acclimatization. |
| Day 17 |
Camp II / Plaza Argentina (13,780 ft). We'll begin the descent back down to our base camp. |
| Day 18-19 |
Plaza Argentina / Mendoza. Descent to Mendoza through Relinchos - Vacas Valley camping one night in Pampa de Lenas. After arriving to Mendoza we'll get together for our celebration dinner. |
| Day 20 |
Flight back home. Transfer to the airport. End of our services. |
