8 Spaces Available for the Feb 2028 Expedition ·
Applications Open
This One is an Epic.
Some Mountains Give You a Story.
Summit Ojos del Salado — 22,615 feet. The highest volcano on earth and the second-highest peak in the Americas.
THE ASCENT — CHILE · EXPEDITION + COACHING · FEB 5–19, 2028
Two Weeks
High desert to Pacific
Max 8
Men in cohort
one Year
1:1 Coaching + TEAM Sessions
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Highest peak in the Americas
22,615 ft
Highest volcano on earth
The expedition runs two weeks because acclimatization runs two weeks. We climb two smaller peaks first, sleep ten nights at 14,400 feet in our private basecamp beside Laguna Verde, and give your body the time it needs before we go for the summit. Your phone will spend most of that time in a duffel bag. By the second week, the life you left at the airport will feel a long way off, and that distance is a big part of why men come. The ten months of coaching before departure are what make sure you arrive ready to use it.
Men who do this tend to say the same thing afterward: the trip was the easy part to explain. What shifted in them is harder, and it lasts. The second half of life looks different from 22,000 feet, and this expedition is built around that.
You want to climb a remote peak most people will never see, stand at 22,000 feet on the second-highest summit in the Western Hemisphere, and feel the months of effort pay off at once. And you want to do it with seven other men who chose the same thing and a coach who climbed it beside you.
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You are in the middle of your life and the first-half playbook has stopped working. You built a career and a family and did it well, and somewhere in there you stopped doing the things that made you feel alive. You want that back, and you are done waiting for a convenient year.
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You want two weeks somewhere that looks like nowhere you have been: high desert, salt flats, wind, and a night sky that makes your problems the right size.
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You have already stood on a summit of 14,400 feet or higher, whether Kilimanjaro, Rainier, Orizaba, or Whitney, and you know the feeling it gave you has a shelf life. You want the next rung, and you want to have to earn it. That prior summit is the bar for joining this team.
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This is Built For You If...
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The expedition gives you the summit. The preparation decides what it means. A final integration session after you are home makes sure what you found at altitude survives the first Monday back.
Enroll now and begin immediately. The expedition departs February 5, 2028, and the final day-by-day is confirmed with you at enrollment. Everything before departure is built around you.
No technical mountaineering experience is required. What we do require is a prior summit of 14,400 feet or higher, such as Kilimanjaro, Orizaba, Rainier, Whitney, or Elbrus, along with the fitness, the preparation, and a willingness to be pushed well past comfortable. Every man on this team has already climbed at altitude. The summit finishes with a short roped scramble; our guide team handles the rope. You handle everything else.
Most men spend years thinking about a trip like this. This one is designed for the man who finally stops thinking and goes.
Author: Adventure in Everything and Meditations on Adventure
Men's Leadership Coach
32 Years Expedition Experience on every continent
International Mountain Guide
Master's Psychology
Matt has led expeditions on every continent for 32 years, including twelve seasons in the Andes and climbs on the 8,000-meter peaks of the Himalaya, among them a solo ascent of Manaslu. He is a men's psychologist, the author of two bestselling books, and the host of the BBC's Adventure Calling.
On Ojos, Matt leads the team, the cohort, and the men's work, in partnership with a Chilean ground team that has supported climbs on this mountain for more than a decade: certified local guides, 4×4 logistics, basecamp operations, and rescue systems.
What sets his programs apart is what happens before and after the mountain. Over three decades he has watched men transform at altitude and then slide back into old patterns at home, and every program he builds is designed to close that gap. The inner work and the outer work are inseparable.
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Eight spots. One departure. February 2028. The Ascent — Chile pairs the highest volcano on earth with a year of 1:1 coaching, for $16,500. It is the biggest mountain we run.
Per person, land-only from Copiapó, Chile. Applicants must have previously summited a peak of 14,400 feet or higher. Includes ten private 1:1 coaching sessions, two cohort calls, our certified guide team, all in-country logistics, permits, lodging, meals, and a post-expedition integration session. Or 12 monthly payments of $1,375. Payment plan available upon enrollment.
Dates Feb 5–19, 2028; the detailed itinerary is confirmed at enrollment and may shift by a day as we finalize logistics. Climbed with us before? An alumni credit applies.
Begin when you enroll. Early entry means a fuller, more spacious arc — ten sessions spread across the months you have before departure.
Applications are open now.
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The Ascent — Chile · Feb 5–19, 2028 · $16,500 · 8 Spots · $1,375 / month payment option
Eight spots. One departure. February 2028. Ten private 1:1 sessions, a fifteen-day expedition to the highest volcano on earth, second in the Americas only to Aconcagua, and a post-expedition integration session, all for a single cohort of men who stopped deferring. Enroll now and begin immediately. The expedition departs February 5, 2028, and the earlier you're in, the more the program can do.
Waited Long Enough.