The team made the move up to K2 Cesen Camp 3 today under beautiful conditions. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, has this update: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing team. Today we climbed from Camp 2 (6311m) on the Cesen route up to Camp 3 (7013m). Everyone did good today. We had […]
After yesterday’s big initial push up from base camp, the K2 team has been resting up at Camp 2 today and will move up to Camp 3 tomorrow. Garrett fills us in on the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing team. Today is July 17th, and we decided to take […]
In a big kick-off push, the K2 team climbed from base camp (4990m) to Camp 2 (6325m) on the Česen route today. A steady, steep climb of over 9 hours positioned them very well for moving to Camp 3 (~7000m) tomorrow. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, has this update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for […]
In today’s update, Garrett outlines the upcoming summit attempt plan: Hello, this is Garrett calling for the K2 climbing expedition team. Today is July 13th, and we had a nice rest day in base camp. All of our Sherpas have come down off the mountain from carrying loads and fixing ropes to Camp 4 on […]
With all of the team now back in base camp after successful completion of their acclimatization rotation, everyone is watching the weather and looking for that window for a summit attempt. Garrett checks in with today’s update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is July 12th, and we had […]
The main group of climbers took a rest day at base camp and are getting psyched for summit push coming up soon. Garrett provides the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing expedtion team. Today is July 11th and we had a rest day today in base camp. Everyone’s doing well […]
Most of the team descended from Camp 2 on the Cesen route today and are back in BC, completing their acclimatization rotation. Here’s Garrett with the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition climbing team. Today we came down from K2 Camp 2 on the Cesen route to base camp. Had […]
Expedition leader Garrett Madison provides this update via sat phone from K2 Cesen Camp 2: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing expedition team. Today is July 9th. We had a nice rest day up at Camp 2 (6327m). A few of us went for an acclimatization hike up towards Camp 3 […]
Most of the team is up on the Cesen route acclimatizing and the rest are heading up tomorrow morning from base camp (in ~7 hours). Expedition leader, Garrett Madison provides today’s update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing expedition team. Today is July 8th, and we are up at Camp 2, […]
The K2 team’s first rotation is coming up and expedition leader Garrett Madison had this update today: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition. We had a great day of training yesterday out on the ice near base camp – practicing fixed line ascending, repelling and footwork, all in preparation for our […]