The K2 expedition team has arrived at advanced base camp (5303m/17,400ft) and is preparing to move higher up the mountain to Camp 1 (6065m/19,900ft) and Camp 2 (6700m/21,980ft) in the coming days as part of their first rotation. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in via Garmin inReach Mini with this brief update: Just arrived in advanced base […]
The team is ready to start the first rotation and begin making their way higher up on K2! This week, they plan to spend nights at advanced base camp, Camp 1, and Camp 2. Here’s expedition lead, Garrett Madison, with today’s expedition dispatch from base camp on K2: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for […]
The team has said “goodbye” to the trekkers and looks forward to the days ahead leading up to their first rotation. Hello! This is Garrett checking in for the K2 expedition team. We are at K2 base camp (4968m/16,300ft) – it’s another beautiful day here and today we saw the last of our trekkers off. […]
The team has reached K2 base camp and will spend the next few days dialing things in, encouraged by more good weather ahead! Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing team. We reached K2 base camp today and it was a beautiful day. We had views of K2, Broad Peak, and other […]
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 […]