ANDALUCIA ANTARCTICA: HUISA AND LÓPEZ ARE ALREADY NEAR MOUNT VINSON

The members of the Andalucian expedition, sponsored by Consejería de Turismo, Comercio y Deporte, have arrived to Base Camp.

The Sevillan climbers Juan Antonio Huisa and Pedro López, members of the Andalucía Antarctica Expedition and also members of Siete Cumbres Sports Club, are already on the Antarctic continent, after two complex trips, from the Chilean town of Punta Arenas to Patriot Hills and from there to base camp.

The atmospheric instability and the strong winds, along with the difficulty of the landings because of the frozen landing strips, made the usually hard trip more complex, but it was done as planned, so they are already near Mount Vinson installing base camp.

Huisa and López's plan, once the camp is settled, is to send detailed information of the trip with some pictures, but technical and weather difficulties make it hard to set a date for sending that information.

Translated from Spanish by Jorge Rivera

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