The first views of Ama Dablam were had today as the team took an acclimatization hike from the Panorama Lodge in Namche Bazaar up to the Everest View Hotel (3962m/13,000ft). Garrett recaps the day: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Ama Dablam expedition 2021. We had a great hike up to […]
Today our Ama Dablam team continued their trek to base camp by reaching the Khumbu capital of Namche Bazaar. Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison, with a recap of the day: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Ama Dablam expedition team. Today’s Friday October 22nd and today we trekked up the Khumbu […]
Our 2021 Ama Dablam expedition kicked off yesterday with the team arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal. This morning they flew to the mountain village of Lukla to begin the trek to base camp. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison with the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Ama Dablam expedition. Today is […]
Congratulations to our Dykh-Tau team on their 100% success reaching the summit of Europe’s second highest peak! Here’s, expedition leader, Garrett Madison from Russia: Hello, this Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Dykh-Tau expedition team. Today is Friday, September 17th and yesterday our team summited Dykh-Tau, beautiful route up to the second tallest peak […]
With a beautiful summit day, our team topped out on Europe’s highest peak, Mount Elbrus, this morning. Here is Garrett Madison with a recap of this quick climb: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Elbrus climb. Today is Friday, September 10th and we had a perfect summit day on Mount […]
Our 2021 Russian adventure is in full swing. Garrett Madison and team member Chase M. are in position for their summit attempt on Europe’s highest peak, Mount Elbrus starting in just 11 hours: Hello! This is Garrett calling in from Mount Elbrus, Russia – highest mountain in Europe! Chase and I arrived here on Mount […]
Our 2021 K2 expedition is now concluded with just Garrett and our crew preparing to fly home. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, calls in from Skardu, Pakistan with this final expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 expedition which now has concluded! We’re back in Skardu and all of our […]
Well how do we sum up our Madison Mountaineering K2 2021 expedition? Today Chase, Becks, Jon and Rob flew from K2 Base Camp to Skardu on 2 helicopters with the Pakistan Army. The flight was spectacular, skimming low down the rugged Baltoro Glacier, where we had trekked up several weeks before. Leaving the cloud capped […]
We’re packing up base camp and our expedition team is heading home after an incredibly successful and safe K2 climb. Here’s the latest from Garrett Madison: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 expedition team. Today is August 3rd. Today the remainder of our members flew out of K2 base camp […]
Party-time at K2 base camp! Our own, guide extraordinaire, Conan Bliss calls in with today’s expedition dispatch: Yeah, hey! This is Conan Bliss checking-in with Madison Mountaineering. Hey everybody! Woo! We’re having a fun, relaxing recovery day here at base camp after a successful K2 summit two days ago. Woohoo! Yup, and today we gotta […]