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Dispatch#19
January 6th, 2002. Mendoza, Argentina. Team I
Hello from
Argentina, this is Willi Prittie reporting for the
first Alpine Ascents International expedition of the
2002 Season. We had a somewhat eventful walk out, we
left base camp about a day before a very large storm
cycle came through, had some adventures with some
high river crossings, at least one waist-deep
crossing on the Rellenchos River on the way out and
in general very damp cold windy conditions on the
walk out, including some snowfall. But we all
made it to Mendoza in one piece, had a great, truly
great steak dinner here in Mendoza last night, and
then many people went out for a night on the town,
sampled some of the night life here in Mendoza and
that of course brought it's own adventures, and most
of us began stringing home at about 7am this
morning.
In any case, it's a beautiful day
here in Mendoza, it's not overly hot like when we
left, but temperatures have been in the mid to high
70's, and we're all enjoying what for some people
will be the last night here before they fly home.
All in all we believe it had been a very successful
expedition, we've all had fun, we've all come back
with everything we started out with in term of body
parts, those are some really important things on an
expedition. So this is a wrap-up of the first
expedition of the season, and of course there's much
more to come here, ciao for now.
 Dispatches
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