Our next adventure kicked-off today with the team assembled and heading out to the trailhead of South America’s highest peak, Aconcagua. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides this recap of the start: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Aconcagua expedition with View from the Top, Ltd., a TV program about climbing mountains […]
Hi! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Antarctica season wrap-up. Well, we had a great season in Antarctica this past month. We did two Madison Mountaineering Vinson expedition climbs that were successful: one in late December and one in early January along with co-guide Conrad Anker. And then I stayed down […]
Here’s Conrad with the final dispatch for the second of our two successful Mount Vinson expeditions for 2019/2020: Greetings folks, this is Conrad Anker with the final dispatch from Vinson 2020 with Madison Mountaineering. It’s a beautiful sunny day here at Vinson base camp and all the team is safely back at Union Glacier camp. […]
Another day at Vinson base camp where the team is keeping themselves entertained while waiting out a change in the weather that will allow the planes to fly: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Vinson climb with Conrad Anker. Well, we had another nice rest day in Mount Vinson base camp […]
The team is at Vinson base camp waiting for good flying conditions so they can get back to Union Glacier camp. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Vinson expedition climb with Conrad Anker. Today, January 9th, we had a rest day in Mount Vinson […]
The team is now safely down to Vinson base camp and Conrad Anker reports on the day in this expedition dispatch: Greetings sports fans! This is Conrad calling from Vinson base camp. It’s the 8th of January 2020. What a way to start this fresh, new decade. We’re all back here after a wonderful and […]
Today the Vinson team bided their time at High Camp waiting for the weather to clear. Conrad Anker provides a recap of the day and the plan for tomorrow in this sat phone dispatch: Greetings folks, this is Conrad Anker from Vinson High Camp. It’s the 7th of January, 2020. Well, the weather gods, […]
We encourage you to listen to the audio of Conrad Anker’s entertaining sat phone dispatch about today’s activities high on Antarctica’s Mount Vinson: Greetings folks, it’s the 6th of January 2020 and this is your intrepid journalist/mountaineering Conrad Anker calling from Vinson High Camp. Well, if you listened to yesterday’s dispatch, you kinda got […]
Today the Vinson team made a go at it. Conrad Anker provides all the details in his sat phone call from High Camp this evening: Greetings folks, this is Conrad with an update from the Vinson expedition 2020. Well, it’s the 5th of January. We’re here at High Camp. We didn’t summit. What gives? […]
Co-guide, Conrad Anker, reports in from Mount Vinson that it’s another windy day at High Camp. The team is hunkering down and waiting for a break in the weather for the summit attempt: Greetings folks! Conrad here from VInson High Camp. It’s the 4th of January 2020. And guess what? It’s our second full day […]