ジミー・チンさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ジミー・チンInstagram)「In January, @hilareenelson @jimwmorrison @conrad_anker and I set out to Antarctica to climb and ski the two hightest peaks on the continent - Mount Vinson and Mount Tyree. On Vinson, we hoped to climb and ski the Ice Stream first climbed by @conrad_anker 20 years ago. The line had never been repeated. We hoped to make the 2nd ascent and 1st ski descent of the route. ⁣ ⁣ Image 1 & 2⁣ After landing at Vinson BC, we immediately shuttled our climbing loads to the base of the route and checked conditions. The next morning we set out to climb the mountain without much time for acclimatization. As in zero time to acclimatize. Weather windows in Antarctica are coveted and often short. We had our window. We went. @jimwmorrison and @hilareenelson start up the Ice Stream. ⁣ ⁣ Video 3⁣ Loved this short video that @jimwmorrison captured on the route. As @conrad_anker says, we come to the mountains to be humbled. Humbled indeed. ⁣ ⁣ Image 4⁣ After almost 9000ft of climbing, @jimwmorrison and @conrad_anker share a moment of gratitude and relief. We’d just made the 2nd ascent of the Ice Stream, 20 yrs after the 1st ascent. It had been a long and nerve wracking push w less than ideal trail breaking and avy conditions. We still had another 1500ft of climbing ahead to summit so the moment was brief. ⁣ ⁣ Image 5 & 6⁣ Guessing it was close to -50f w windchill at this moment. Not a lot of hanging around on top. It was a hard day. There is a consensus you add around 2500ft of elevation to all elevations because of the thinner atmosphere near the pole. So a 16,000ft peak can feel like an 18,500ft summit. After 10,500ft of climbing and little to no acclimatization, it felt like one of the harder summit days I’ve had. @jimwmorrison later told me he thought it was harder than his Everest summit day. I didn’t argue. Avy conditions were too dangerous on the Ice Stream to ski so we opted to ski the regular route. An avalanche at the bottom of the descent confirmed our assessment on the Ice Stream. Eventually after a 20 hr push, we made it back to basecamp, ate some food, repacked and flew out towards our next adventure on Tyree. We had been at Vinson for less than 48 hrs. ⁣ ⁣ @thenorthface⁣」4月21日 2時33分