Aconcagua: Team Ready for Final Push to the Summit!
Posted by: Dominic Cifelli, Ben Luedtke, Michael Murray
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Aconcagua
Elevation: 19,600'
Look,
If you had, one shot, or one opportunity,
To seize everything you ever wanted,
In one moment.
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
Yo.
My face is dusty,
I'm not weak, pack feels heavy,
There's something on my puffy already,
Dom's spaghetti, we're nervous.
But on the surface, we are calm and ready,
To rest step, but we keep on forgetting,
What snacks we bear,
How many puffy's should I wear?
We open our mouths, to get the pressure breath out.
I'm not choking, how,
We are not joking, wow,
The time is now, breaks up,
Over, pow!
Snap back to reality,
Ope there goes vanity,
Ope was that rabbit? Beef stew,
It's that bad, but it's all that I got,
So I guess I'll just have it.
We know we've gotta get up and go,
It don't matter, we're dope,
We know that, and we're tired,
But not stagnant, we know,
When we go back to our mobile homes,
That's when we check on our snacks again,
Yo, I'm going choclatey.
Better go capture this moment and not let it pass us and,
We're gonna lose ourselves in the moment,
These moments, we own it,
And we'll never let them go.
If we only get one shot, we won't miss our chance to go,
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime,
Let's go."
All MC lyrics aside, this team truly is ready to go. We are ready to make one final push towards our ultimate goal of standing on the summit of Cerro Aconcagua. Here we are at 19,600 feet with our packs packed, our bellies full, and our excitement unable to be contained. Tomorrow's summit day will test us both physically and mentally, but we are ready to rise to the challenge and give it our all. I want to give a huge shoutout to all friends and family who have been following us on this journey. Stick with us a little longer as our biggest day is right in front of us. See you all tomorrow!
P.S. - Happy Birthday Eddie :)
RMI Guide Ben Luedtke & Team
Comments (2)
I am so excited for all of you! Today is a great day for up!
Go get your summit!
Posted by: Michelle DeMers on
Best birthday song ever! Thank you all. That was simply amazing. I’m very thankful and humbled.
You all are going to do it. All the training, studying and planning leads up to the next 24 hours.
You’re all such strong athletes and you will dig deep inside of yourselves for what is going to be an epic finish.
Posted by: Eddie DaPra on