Erik and Aaron arrived at PDX yesterday evening as planned. Hopefully by the end of the weekend there will be some pictures posted.

They have started their long journey home and will be in Lima Peru by tonight. Unfortunately, they weren't able to change any of their flights and unless there is a last minute change in Lima, they will be there for >24 hours before flying to LAX.

 

I got the call after a few beers, cribbage games, and a martini (over the course of 6 hours) before they boarded their flight from Santiago to Lima. They recognized some fellow climbers from the mountain in Santiago. I suspect they will sleep on the flight.

Pardon the delay in posting. I had to travel for work and didn't have internet access very often. I got a call yesterday evening (Sunday) from Aaron saying they were in their hotel room, Erik was taking the first shower, and that the fridge was stocked with beer and wine.

 

At 9 PM tonight my time (Monday) and they had just gotten back from dinner. Aaron's cough was pretty bad again and the reception wasn't the best, but I believe he said they walked around Mendoza today and even picked up a few souvenirs. They finally got the rest of their bags as well, which evidently included their return flight information. So now that they have that info, they plan on calling LAN tomorrow to see if they can get an earlier flight out, or at the very least get flights that wouldn't require them to have a 36 hour layover in Lima. Evidently the hours spent there on the way down was enough.