Team Wilco zal in de loop van maandag 10 januari de top van Mount Vinson bereiken. Hoewel er nog slechts 900 meter stijging te gaan is, is dit toch het zwaarste deel van de expeditie. De circa 14 km afstand zal tussen de 9 en 12 uur in beslag nemen.
Hieronder een verslag van het laatste stuk naar de top van Mount Vinson:
Summit day is our longest day of travel. We will make our attempt on the best weather day possible, as the route to the summit is exposed and subject to high winds. The majority of the route is along the Vinson Summit glacier, with a short steeper snow and ice slope and spectacular, rocky, summit ridge. Views from the summit are unforgettable. Mts. Gardner, Tyree, Epperly and Shinn dominate the foreground, surrounded by a multitude of impressive peaks that rise from the vast ice sheet below. Here at the top of Antarctica, the true scale and majesty of the continent are overwhelming apparent. We’ll take some time to savour the experience, record our achievement, and take photos, before retracing our steps to High Camp.
