Another beautiful rest day in Everest base camp! Everest guide Terray Sylvester calls in today’s expedition dispatch: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s April 26th. Today we had another rest day in base camp. We’ll be here resting for a few more days before we […]
The first rotation is complete with our Everest team returning to base camp this afternoon! Everest guide Terray Sylvester has this recap of the first rotation and the plan for the next few days: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s April 24nd. We just returned […]
Today, our Everest team moved up from Camp 1 to Camp 2 in the Western Cwm. Expedition leader Garrett Madison called in via sat phone with today’s expedition dispatch: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition 2022. Today is April 22nd. Today our team climbed from Camp 1 […]
In the midst of the first rotation, our Everest team continued their acclimatization by hiking around Camp 1 in the Western Cwm. Here’s guide Terray Sylvester with a recap of the day: Hello, this is Terray calling in for the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition. It’s April 21st. Today we woke up in Camp […]
To start the first acclimatization rotation, the Everest team climbed up through the Khumbu Icefall to Camp 1. We received a partial audio message via sat phone from expedition leader Garrett Madison and that was augmented with a text message via Garmin inReach from guide Terray Sylvester. From Garrett: Hello, this is Garrett calling in […]
Climb on! The time has finally come to get going up the mountain. Our Everest team is ready to start its first acclimatization rotation. Here’s guide Terray Sylvester with the day’s recap and the plan for the days ahead on the mountain: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest […]
Our Everest team enjoyed a rest day at Everest base camp today – it also came with cake! Here’s guide Terray Sylvester with today’s audio expedition dispatch: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition! It’s April 18th. Today was a rest day and people were free to catch up […]
Today, the Everest team wrapped up their technical skills training and enjoyed their traditional Puja Ceremony at base camp. Here’s guide Terray Sylvester with today’s audio expedition dispatch: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition! It’s April 17th. Today we wrapped up our technical training on the ice […]
The Everest team continues to fill their initial time at base camp with technical skills training. Here’s guide Terray Sylvester with today’s audio expedition dispatch from Everest base camp: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition! It’s April 16th. Today we spent another morning praticing our technical skills […]
Meanwhile down valley in the Khumbu, our Lobuche East climbers reached the summit and safely descended to the village of Lobuche! Congratulations team!! Madison Mountaineering guide Scott Webster reports in from Lobuche village with this recap of summit day: Successful ascent of Lobuche East this morning (April 15, 2022). The team set out from high […]