Today, the team had their Puja ceremony in base camp (4968m/16,300ft) and continues to rest up before they make their way back up the mountain. Here’s expedition lead, Garrett Madison, with today’s dispatch from K2 base camp: Hello! This is Garrett checking in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 Expedition. Today is July 7th and today we had […]
The team has completed their first rotation on K2, and are now resting up and enjoying themselves in base camp (4968m/16,300ft). Here’s expedition lead, Garrett Madison, with today’s dispatch from K2 base camp: Hello! This is Garrett checking in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 Expedition Team. Today is Wednesday, July 6th and the team is […]
The Madison Mountaineering K2 expedition team has settled into Camp 2 (6700m/21,980ft). The team plans to take advantage of the good weather by continuing to acclimatize before heading back to base camp (4968m/16,300ft) to conclude the first rotation. Expedition guide, Terray Sylvester, checks in with today’s dispatch from K2: Hello! This is Terray calling in […]
Both the climbers and sherpas are making great progress through their first rotation on K2! The climbers will head up to Camp 2 (6700m/21,980ft) tomorrow, while the sherpas have fixed ropes all the way up to Camp 3 (7250m/23,800ft). Here’s expedition lead, Garrett Madison, with today’s expedition dispatch from K2: Hello! This is Garrett calling […]
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 […]