The Two Amigos...

The Two Amigos…

 It all started in a bar in Mexico City, a "chilango" and a "gringo" sharing shots of Jaggermeister and speaking of success, of greatness!  These two were friends from the past that destiny had put together, a rolling of the dice, if I may. They had studied together for a semester in The Netherlands back in 2001. During those six months they shared many adventures, tales of trains, bandits and international conspiracies. Eventually each parted on their own way.

Nine years later they are reunited in this most Mexican of cantinas. Mitch was sent to work for his company on a Big Project, me, well, this is the city that I call home.

By 2009, I had already established myself as a part time adventurer. Climbing the snow capped volcanoes of Central Mexico, the lonely summit of Central America, the awesome Mount Rainer in Washington State, the colossal peaks of the Peruvian Andes. I was in a sense, past the point of no return.

Mitch was just off the plane from New England, he was new in Mexico City and was eager to live life to the max. And so, it was in that bar which´s name I do not remember that we sealed a pact; to climb Kilimanjaro, the summit of Africa.

We prepared by climbing the physically torturing volcanoes of the valley of Mexico, the Ajusco, the Sleeping Woman (Iztaccihuatal) and Star Mountain (Citlatepetl). After six months of training we were off to Africa for the trip of a lifetime.

We arrived to Tanzania as tourists, we left as champions. We rocked that mountain! On it´s summit we established out next challenge… Aconcagua….

Since July we have been preparing, going to the gym, climbing, going to the gym, climbing. Apart from that we have been on the extraordinary task of sourcing the right gear and clothing for such an extreme environment. It was then that our paths crossed with the folks from KLYMIT. We checked out their webpage and were amazed by their cutting edge and very promising new technology.  Little did we know that they would become our partners, they believed in us and we believed in them…

They have sponsored us with the newest and most advance technical gear in the market. It is our mission to put this gear to the test. Through this expedition we intended to prove two things:  1) that the human spirit can overcome even the most powerful of adversaries and 2) that Klymit gear will allow the athlete to perform at its utmost best level of performance, even in the most hostile and lonely of places

The adventure begins today…