The beautiful weather of the rest break has been snapped by some snow and fog at Everest Base Camp. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison with the day’s dispatch: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition team. Today is Saturday, April 30th and we’re in Everest Base Camp. It’s […]
Keeping active, the Everest team hiked up to Prayer Flag Point today while they countdown to the start of the second rotation. Here’s guide Terray Sylvester with today’s expedition dispatch: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s April 29th. Today we had another rest day in […]
The beautiful weather continues for the rest days 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 28th. Today we had another rest day in base camp – really warm, beautiful weather. The good […]
With a rest day in Everest base camp, the team did some exploring of the base camp surroundings to stay active. Everest guide Terray Sylvester calls in today’s expedition dispatch: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s April 27th. Today we had another rest day […]
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 […]