Yesterday our team reached the summit of Chimborazo (6263m/20,543ft) – Ecuador’s highest peak and the closest point to the Moon and furthest from Earth’s center! Garrett, Victor (@VictorVescovo), and Estalin left their high camp on Chimborazo (5304m/17,400ft) at midnight and climbed through a mild electrical storm (lightning) to reach the summit at 6 AM on […]
The Madison Mountaineering team of Victor Vescovo (@VictorVescovo), Estalin Suarez, and Garrett Madison had a great climb of Cotopaxi (5897m/19,347ft)! Despite some challenging weather conditions over the last few days their summit morning was nice with some great views from the top! Victor’s ice axe has been with him to the top of Everest, the bottom […]
Our team of Garrett Madison, Victor Vescovo (@VictorVescovo), and Estalin Suarez have begun their mountaineering program by acclimatizing on some ancient and extinct volcanoes before heading to their first objective, Cotopaxi (5897m/19,347ft)! They’ve trekked up Pashachoa, Ruminahui, and are heading to Cotopaxi tomorrow evening to make their first summit attempt. Cotopaxi is a stratovolcano, the second-highest peak in Ecuador […]
The Aconcagua team are now all back down to base camp safely after standing on the summit of the highest point in South America. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison with today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Aconcagua team dispatch. Today’s Friday, February 11th. Today we descended from Camp 3 (5989m/19,650ft) […]
Fantastic news! The entire Aconcagua team stood on the summit (6961m/22,837ft) today and are now safely back down to Camp 3. Here’s team member Krisli Melesk reporting the happy news: This is Krisli calling in from Madison Mountaineering 2022 Aconcagua expedition. I have some excellent news! The whole team who we started with in Mendoza […]
Our 2022 Aconcagua team has moved up to High Camp (C3) (5989m/19,650ft) and is in position for the summit attempt tonight! Here’s team member, Todd Ammerman, with today’s dispatch: Hello! This is Todd Ammerman checking in from the Madison Mountaineering Aconcagua expedition. Today we had a marvelous day. We moved from Camp 2 to Camp […]
Making a slight change of plans to optimize the summit day forecasted weather, our Aconcagua team made a light carry up to High Camp (C3) (5989m/19,650ft) and returned to Nido de Condores Camp (C2) (5522m/18,117ft) for the night. Calling in via sat phone, here’s team member Peter Horsman with today’s expedition dispatch: Hey everyone, this […]
Our Aconcagua team moved up to Nido de Condores Camp (C2) (5522m/18,117ft) yesterday and are enjoying a rest day today. Here’s team member, Peter Horsman, with today’s dispatch and the plan for the days ahead: Hey everyone, this is Peter Horsman calling in from the Madison Mountaineering Aconcagua expedition. We are at Camp 2 on […]
Our Aconcagua team moved up to Camp 1 (5060m/16,600ft) (aka Canada Camp) today where they plan to spend one night before making a single carry/move to Camp 2 (5522m/18,117ft) tomorrow. Here’s team member, Josh G., from Camp 1 with today’s expedition dispatch: Hey! Josh here from Aconcagua in Argentina! We made it up to Camp […]
Back in base camp (4367m/14,327ft) for the night, our Aconcagua team completed their gear carry to Camp 1 (5060m/16,600ft) today to prepare for their move up to Camp 1 tomorrow, weather pending. Here’s team member, Erwin Visser, from Plaza de Mulas base camp with today’s expedition dispatch: Hey! This is Erwin Visser calling from Aconcagua […]