2nd Rotation Complete
A great second rotation is complete and the team is back at base camp. Garrett phoned in with today’s expedition dispatch:
Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest/Lhotse expedition. Today is May 7th and we arrived in Everest base camp after a great rotation up at Camp II for three nights and touching Camp III.
We all came down today through the Western Cwm and the Khumbu Icefall and made it back to base camp this afternoon in time for lunch and some hot showers. Tomorrow most of our team is going to head down to Namche for a rest before we come back and set our sights on the summit.
We learned today that the rope-fixing team made the summit. So the lines are in to the top – that’s great news – and the weather looks good. So hopefully, our climbers Kenton Cool with Ardavan and Jon Gupta with Becks will be able to make a summit attempt here in the next few days. They’re up at Camp II right now.
We are just happy to be here! Great weather on Mount Everest. All is well and we’ll check in soon.
Our 2 Kristins on the Lhotse Face
The Lhotse Face covered in snow as seen from Camp II
Our Camp I on the way to Camp II with fresh snow
Camp III on the Lhotse Face with lots of fresh snow
Climbing under the bergschrund at the base of the Lhotse Face
If climbing Mount Everest is in your future, please contact our office, we would love to have you climb with us!
In addition to these expedition dispatches, you can also follow our teams as they make their attempts on the world’s most formidable mountains on:
– Amazon Alexa devices with the Madison Mountaineering Flash Briefing skill:
- Enable the skill and add to your flash briefing to hear Garrett Madison’s daily audio expedition updates on select expeditions. Just say, “Alexa, play my Madison Mountaineering flash briefing.“
– Instagram:
– our Garmin inReach Mini powered real-time tracking map:
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