Our Ecuador team has jumped right into their acclimatization after just arriving in Quito last night. Garrett Madison provides a recap of the day: Hello! This is Garrett calling in the Ecuador Volcanoes climb program. Today we left Quito in the morning and drove to our first acclimatization hike, Fuya Fuya, and we hiked up […]
Today we kick off our final expedition of 2020 in the capital city of Quito, Ecuador. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides this initial Ecuador Volcanoes expedition dispatch. We hope you will follow along. Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Ecuador Volcanoes program. Today we are meeting in Quito, Ecuador. I’ve just arrived and […]
The team reached the summit of Ojos del Salado this morning, the highest volcano in the world (#1 in the Volcanic Seven Summits), the second-highest mountain in South America (#2 in the Second Seven Summits), and Chile’s country high point (6893m/22,614ft)! Congratulations team! Great work. Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison with the happy news direct […]
Today the Ojos del Salado team made the 105 mile (170km) drive along Maricunga salt flat then continuing across the high plateaus to reach Laguna Verde where they will camp for three days near a hot spring. Next up is an acclimatization climb of Nevado San Francisco (6016m/19,738 ft)! In addition to these expedition dispatches, […]
Today the team acclimatized by hiking Cerro Doña Inés. Garrett Madison provides the details via satellite phone: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Ojos del Salado team in Chile – in the Atacama region. We had a great day today! We arrived yesterday, all together, in the Copiapó airport and drove out to […]
As the Ojos del Salado team arrives Copiapó and heads off the grid today, expedition leader Garrett Madison makes use of the last bit of Internet connectivity to provide this expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Ojos del Salado expedition team. Myself and Jenn, Chase, Ted, Ryan, and Krisli are all […]
Our team members prepare to board their flights to arrive in Santiago, Chile tomorrow to kick-off the Ojos del Salado expedition – the world’s highest active volcano and second only to Aconcagua as South America’s highest peak. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, has the details in this kick-off expedition dispatch. Be sure to follow along for […]
Having just concluded our first big international climbing expedition since COVID-19 hit earlier this year, I wanted to share some notes on my experience for climbers who are planning to climb with me in the future and climbers considering to join one of our upcoming programs. Pacific Northwest After the spring “lockdown” periods, we were […]
With all of the team safely back in Kathmandu, our 2020 Ama Dablam expedition is concluding. Thank you for following along. The following team members successfully and safely obtained the summit of Ama Dablam (6812m / 22,349ft) on November 11, 2020, at approximately 11:30 AM NPT (local time): # Name Country 1 Mr. Garrett Madison […]
The Ama Dablam team have once again completed the crux of the route, The Yellow Tower, while making the move to Camp 2 (6000m) on their summit push. Tonight is the night! Within the next few hours, they will start the climb to the summit. Godspeed team! Here’s today’s audio dispatch courtesy of team member, […]