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 […]
On their summit push, the Everest and Lhotse expedition team strategically took another rest day at Camp 2 (6500m/21,325ft). Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in via Garmin inReach Mini with this brief update: All is well in C2. Our main team is planning to move to C3 tmrw, targeting the 20th. Kenton & team all […]
All the preparations are done and have led up to this moment. Our Everest team is catching a few more hours of sleep before they start up the mountain on their summit push! Everest guide Terray Sylvester outlines the plan in today’s expedition dispatch: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount […]
Summit push preparations are in full swing at Everest base camp. Here’s Everest guide Terray Sylvester with a recap of the day’s activities at base camp and the plan for what’s next: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 12th. Today we did some preparation […]
The “dropback” rest period is complete and the team has returned to base camp. Here’s Everest guide Terray Sylvester with a recap and the plan for what’s next: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 11th. Today our climbers flew back from Namche Bazaar where they […]
The Everest team finished their last dropback rest day in Namche Bazaar and will fly back to Everest Base Camp tomorrow as reported by Everest guide Terray Sylvester: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 10th. Today our climbers enjoyed their final rest day in […]
Today our Everest team had a chance to experience more of the unique culture of Nepal while continuing their dropback rest period before the upcoming push for the summit. Everest guide Terray Sylvester provides today’s expedition dispatch: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 9th. […]