![]() The result for us is an icy cold around - 20 degrees Celsius, beginning already in the morning. ![]() In the beginning, the clouds covered the volcano from 5 pm onwards and now the scenario already starts at 10 am. Since two days, we notice that the clouds above the Ojos are gathering sooner and sooner. I racked my brain for hours: What can be done and what is possible concerning the track? Finally I decided to take a pole construction which we are able to build together when required. While walking on the field yesterday, I realized big rifts on the surface, rifts which cannot be crossed over just like that, because the cars would break in. "However, I am worrying about two things: First, the glacier field. Thus, you can see it was time for one day off." Working in the burning sun (which tans the face although it is ice-cold was) also really challenging. Climbing was only possible by a supreme effort to the point of exhaustion. ![]() It was windy all the time, and there was sand everywhere which flew into your ears and into any little gap. For days we have spent very much time in high altitude. But the day before Matthias Jeschke and his team achieved their goal, Jeschke worried about the team's condition. Led by German off road enthusiast Matthias Jeschke who had set the first High Altitude World Record in 2005 aboard a Toyota Land Cruiser, the team successfully made the highest altitude after a grueling week of expedition and navigation in Ojos del Salado. We are very proud that the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited was the first vehicle to be able to complete such a rigorous challenge, and believe that it really does set the vehicle apart from its competition." said George Murphy, Chrysler Group Senior Vice President of Global Marketing. A climb like this in not just off-road, but extreme conditions, is a testament to the performance of the vehicle's powertrain, suspension and overall quality. "This was exactly the challenge to separate the new Jeep Wrangler Unlimited from all other 4x4 vehicles. The two vehicles climbed 6,646 meters (21,804 feet) above sea level, allowing them to set the record of the highest altitude ever reached by a four-wheeled vehicle. Two Jeep Wrangler Unlimited vehicles have recently set a world high altitude record when they climbed on to the Ojos del Salado located in the South American mountain range of Chile.
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