Entries by Garrett

Team Safely Down to Camp II

Our Everest team is safely down to Camp II and expedition leader Garrett Madison provides the recap of the descent from the South Col via sat phone: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition.  Today is May 24th.  It’s 8:07 PM and we are all safely down in […]

Best. Summit. Day. Ever!

Via sat phone from Camp IV on the South Col of Mount Everest, expedition leader and now 11-time summiter of Mount Everest, Garrett Madison provides the happy news: Hello!  This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition.  Today is May 23rd, it’s 7:30 PM in Nepal.  We are at Camp […]

Summit Push Update: It’s GO time!

We just received a sat phone updated from Garrett at the South Col.  It’s GO time!  Be sure to follow the summit push with our real-time location tracker:  https://madisonmountaineering.com/maps/everest-2021.  Godspeed team – get safely up and down. Hello!  This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest team.  It is nearly midnight on May […]

Summit Push Update: Camp III

The team has moved up to Camp III (7230m/23,720ft) on the Lhotse Face and expedition leader Garrett Madison checks in via sat phone with the day’s recap and the plan for what’s ahead: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhtose expedition.  Today is May 19th, just a litte after […]

Summit Push Update: Rest day at Camp II

Our Everest team had a rest day today at Camp II in the Western Cwm.  Garrett Madison checks-in via sat phone with all the details and the plans for the summit attempt: Hello, it’s May 16th and this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse team. Today was our rest day […]

Summit Bid Time

It’s Summit Bid time!  Garrett and the team are ready to head up the mountain tonight to go for the summit!  Here’s Garrett with the details from Everest base camp: Hello!  This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition 2021. We’re in base camp and went through all of our […]

Everest Summits with More to Come!

From Everest base camp, expedition leader Garrett Madison checks in with some exciting news and a look ahead for what’s still to come: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition!  Today is May 11 and we have some exciting news to report. Jon Gupta, Kenton Cool, and Rebecca […]

Dropback Period

As the “dropback” period begins, Garrett Madison checks in from Everest base camp with today’s update: Hello!  This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition.  Today is May 9 and our team is resting on the dropback.  Most all of our members are down in Namche resting for a few […]

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 […]