Christina Ochoa Instagram – #Summit2Sea PREP got me ready for what has now become the most physically taxing experience I’ve ever endured. 🏔️ Aconcagua is usually an ascent people do in 2 or 3 weeks, months of training & acclimatization.. we had 7-8 days, with a narrow weather window. I enlisted tons of help (given I tend to gravitate towards 80 degree weather) but I didn’t factor in the potential for getting a stomach bug on the way 🫠. Despite the deficit, and thanks to the team… I embarked on this #Summit2Sea adventure to climb one of the worlds #7Summits and collect samples and document the journey.
1 – The base of the mountain. Food poisoning be damned. Smiles all around. Save for @nelzor and our guides, we had no clue what we would face the coming week.
2 – @cenegenics tests, scans and body prep.
3/4/6 – Hours of @hypoxico altitude training, set up and sleep to aid the rapid ascent and get our lungs/body ready. Kainu struggled the most not being able to jump on the guest bed while I was in it.. but not sure I’d have made the 6000m mark if not for the hours put in here…
5- @bft_studios conditioning and strength training.
7 – @latamairlines crew taking care of me after I fainted and threw up en route to Santiago de Chile 🙈.
8 – Morning of, still sick. Managed to push through and get to base camp thanks to the help of the group.
9 – Base camp – Plaza de Mulas 4300m. The beginning of the “high altitude” camps.. last creature comforts on the mountain. | Posted on 14/Jan/2025 21:08:15
