The team has reached Concordia Camp and has spectacular views of the Karakoram Range, including their first views of K2! Garrett checks in with todays expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett checking in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 Expedition Team. Today is June 25th and we have arrived in Concordia Camp. This is where the […]
The team had a beautiful day trekking up the Baltoro Glacier to Urdukas Camp. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison provides todays dispatch via sat-phone: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 Expedition Team. Today is June 23rd. We’ve reached Urdukas Camp (4034m/13,235ft) on the way to K2 Basecamp. It was a long […]
The first day of trekking is done and the team is now at Paiju camp along the Braldu River on their way to K2 base camp. Expedition leader Garrett Madison checks in via satellite phone from camp: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 2022 expedtion team. Today is Wednesday, June […]
Our 2022 K2 expedition has started!! The team arrived in Islamabad on June 18th and drove by motor coach to the staging city of Skardu enjoying a small adventure along the way. Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison, with the expedition’s initial dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 2022 expedition […]
All of the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse team is safely back to base camp. Expedition leader Garrett Madison calls in with today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. Today is Sunday, the 22nd of May. We got down from Camp 2 today. Our whole […]
With the entire team safely down to Camp 2, expedition leader Garrett Madison recaps the day and shares some exciting news about Lhotse in this dispatch sat phone call from Camp 2 (6500m/21,325ft) on Mount Everest: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition team. Today is May 21th. We […]
Woohoo! Our Everest and Lhotse expedition team all summited Mount Everest today! Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, calls in from Mount Everest’s South Col high camp with the happy details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition team. Today is May 20th. Today we summitted Mount Everest! The whole […]
The Everest and Lhotse expedition team is staged to head up from Camp 4 (7900m/25,919ft) to the summit very soon now! Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in via Garmin inReach Mini with this brief update: Good morning from C4! Having brkfast now, inst oatmeal then dehy eggs, yum! But hardly any wind!..everyone doing well at […]
The team is safely in place on Mount Everest’s South Col at Camp 4. It’s now just over 24 hours before they will start out for the summit – weather permitting. Everest guide Terray Sylvester sends today’s expedition dispatch via Garmin inReach Mini: Hello from Camp 4 (7900m/25,919ft) on the South Col of Mount Everest! […]
The Everest and Lhotse expedition team has climbed from Camp 2 (6500m/21,325ft) up the Lhotse Face to Camp 3 (7230m/23,720ft) on their summit push. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in via Garmin inReach Mini with this brief update: Greetings from C3. Everyone made it up here today and doing great! Planning to climb to C4 […]