Tentative itinerary and time schedule
4th-Dec-2005
Kickoff meeting in Fiambalá (1500m), equipment check 5th-Dec-2005
Permissions, contact to local authorities and transfer to Las Grutas (4000m) 6th-Dec-2005
First short acclimatization walk around Las Grutas (2h) 7th-Dec-2005
Second longer acclimatization walk around Las Grutas (5h) 8th-Dec-2005
Climb to Mount Bertrand (5200m) 9th-Dec-2005
Transfer to Paso San Francisco, overnight in the small refugio 10th-Dec-2005
Climb to Volcano San Francisco (6010m) and back to Las Grutas 11th-Dec-2005
Rest day in Las Grutas 12th-Dec-2005
First really hard test: we try to climb Incahuasi (6638m) in 2 days. 13th-Dec-2005
Incahuasi summit and back to las Grutas 14th-Dec-2005
Transfer back to Fiambalá. Asado, wine and thermal bad 15th-Dec-2005
Rest day in Fiambalá. Sleeping, packing, and organizing our gear for the big adventure 16th-Dec-2005
Transfer to Jagüe (La Rioja) 17th-Dec-2005
We continue the trek along the Río Jagüe to Laguna Brava and from there to the Bonete Basecamp on the south side of the mountain (around 4500m). We move to the next camp at 5200m. 18th-Dec-2005
We climb to the next camp at around 6000m. 19th-Dec-2005
Bonete summit (6759m) and descent to the south side of the Gran Crater. 20th-Dec-2005
Traverse of the Gran Crater, part I 21th-Dec-2005
Traverse of the Gran Crater, part II. Next camp on the south side of Mount Pissis 22th-Dec-2005
Climb to the next camp at around 6200m 23th-Dec-2005
Pissis summit (6882m) and descent to camp 1 (5400m) 24th-Dec-2005
Descent to basecamp mar del Plata and transfer to Fiambalá. 25th-Dec-2005
Christmas and rest in Fiambalá