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 […]
The full K2 team is now safely back to base camp and getting so very, very much deserved and needed rest. Outstanding climb one and all! Thank you, weather Gods. Before falling into a deep slumber, expedition leader Garrett Madison provided this recap of the descent to base camp: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the […]
The K2 team is now in place at Camp 3 (7250m/23,800ft.) and setting their sights on a summit attempt in two days on the 28th. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison’s recap of the day’s climbing and the plan for what’s next: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today is July […]
On their summit push, our K2 team climbed up from Camp 1 to Camp 2 (6700m/21,980ft.) today under beautiful weather and route conditions. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides today’s expedition dispatch from 6,700 meters: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today is July 25th and we are up […]
The weather looks good and our K2 team will begin their summit push tomorrow morning! Expedition Leader, Garrett Madison has called in with this expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today’s July 23rd and we are about to head up on our summit […]
Our K2/Broad Peak team is still waiting out the weather at K2 base camp. Here’s Garrett with the latest status update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today’s July 22nd and we’ve had another easy, restful day here in base camp. The stormy weather seems […]