News release: 3 Dec 2005, Where we are going

It's in Argentina, very close to the border with Chile about 32 deg 39 South, 70 deg West. In fact it is only about 100Km from Santiago, the capital of Chile but we will be operating entirely in Argentina.

10Km or so south of the mountain is the main highway between Chile and Argentina which means access to the mountain is very easy compared to Nepal where we had to hire huge helicopters at vast expense and dozens of porters just to get anywhere near.

All our kit is going to Buenos Aires. As soon as everything is out of customs and loaded into our two FIAT vans it's a two day drive west to Mendoza, the provincial capital of the area in which we'll be flying.

Mendoza will be our 'Base Camp' where all our kit will be uncrated and prepared before we move up to Puente Del Inca to start flying.