Low visibility delayed plans to investigate the current impasse along the route through the Khumbu Icefall. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, has today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Autumn Everest Exedition with Madison Mountaineering. Today is September 17th and we’re in base camp! Today our trekkers are heading down […]
After reaching Everest Base Camp yesterday, the team held their Puja ceremony today in which a Buddist Lama led the team in prayers for safe passage on the mountain. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, has this update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering / Mountain Hardwear Everest Expedition. Today is September 16th. […]
Today the Everest team moved up along the Khumbu Glacier to the village of Lobuche (4940m/16,207ft.), leaving just one more day of trekking to reach Everest Base Camp. Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison‘s recap of the day: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Mount Everest Expedition team. Today is September 14. […]
The team took an active rest day today in near the village of Pheriche. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, gives the lowdown on the day’s activities: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering / Mountain Hardwear Autumn Everest Expedition. Today is September 13th and we had a great acclimitization hike here in Pheriche (4280m/14,042ft.) […]
Edging closer to Everest Base Camp, the team trekked from Deboche to Pheriche today. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, phoned-in this update of the day’s progress: Helllo! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering / Mountain Hardwear Everest Expedition – Autumn Season in Nepal! Today is September 12th and we had a great day […]
Here is expedition leader, Garrett Madison, with today’s report on the trekking progress towards Everest Base Camp: Helllo, this is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Mount Everest Expedition. Today is September 11th we had a great trek today from Namche down the hillside and across the river, up to the Tengboche Monastery, and […]
Today the Everest team continued their acclimatizing around Namche and up to Khumjung. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, provides a recap of the day: Helllo, this is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Mount Everest Expedition. Today is September 10th and we had a great day trekking around Namche. We went up to the Everest […]
Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides a recap of today’s rest day at Namche: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Mount Everest Expediton autumn season. Today we had a rest day in Namche and went for a hike up to the Mount Everest museum above town and had great views of Mount […]
Trekking day 2: Phakding to Namche Bazaar – Distance: 9.56km – Elev Gain/Loss: 1430m/-624m Today the trekking team hiked up the hill to the village of Nachme Bazaar where they will spend a couple of days acclimatizing. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, made this expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear […]
Trekking day 1: Lukla to Phakding – Distance: 8.30 km – Elev Gain/Loss: 394m/-639m Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides the recap of today’s exciting flight to the trailhead mountain village of Lukla and the first day of trekking towards Everest Base Camp: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Everest expedition and […]