Expedition leader Garrett Madison and the team wish Americans everywhere a happy Independence Day from K2! Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is the Fourth of July! Happy Independence Day to all the Americans on our team and elsewhere. Today we went for an acclimatization hike up to advanced […]
Today on K2: Puja! As is the custom before any climbing begins, a Puja ceremony is held to ask the mountain for blessings and safe passage. What follows is a fun afternoon party. Here’s Garrett with the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team! Today we had our Puja ceremony. […]
Yesterday, the K2 team conducted some training at base camp. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition. We’re doing great here in base camp. It’s been beautiful weather the last few days. We’ve got camp fully dialed in the way we like it: great dinning […]
With the team settling into base camp and our satellite terminal uplink up and running, Garrett and team report in with photos and this expedition update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. We are at base camp. We had a wonderful trek in over a week. And arrived in base […]
The K2 team arrived at base camp yesterday afternoon and were busy getting things sorted and set up. They will continue to dial in the camp over the next several days as they settle into their home for the next three or four weeks. Early this morning, expedition leader Garrett Madison called in via sat […]
Today the team rounded the corner between the Baltoro Glacier and the Godwin-Austen Glacier placing K2 in sight! The great weather allowed for amazing first looks at the expedition objective. Here’s Garrett with the audio dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today we trekked from Goro 2 (4279m/14,039ft) on […]
The K2 team caught their first views of Broad Peak (8051m/26,414 ft), K2’s neighbor and the world’s 12th highest peak from their camp in the middle of the Baltoro Glacier. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, calls in with today’s dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. We had a great day […]
The team enjoyed stunning views of the Trango Towers and surrounding peaks as they made their way to camp at Urdukas. Here’s Garrett with today’s K2 expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is June 25th, and we had a great day trekking from Paiju (3400m/11,155ft) up to […]
Today the team will be enjoying a rest day at the camp of Paiju along the banks of the Braldu river just below the snout of the Baltoro Glacier. Garrett provides this update: Hello this is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing expedition team. Today is June 24th and last night we arrived in […]
The first day of trekking is complete and the team is now at Jhola camp. Expedition leader Garrett Madison checks in with this satellite phone dispatch: Hello this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is June 22nd and we arrived at the stop of Jhola (3151m/10,338ft) here on the trek to […]