This is it. Because, tonight’s the night the past seven weeks in Nepal and preceding months of planning, preparing, and training have been building up to. We go for the summit of Everest tonight!!! It’s now morning in Nepal and the team will be spending the day resting and getting psyched for the final push […]
Just received a sat phone call from Garrett. The team is tucked in at Camp 4 on the South Col of Everest. Everyone did really well today on the climb up from Camp 3. They may take a rest day and then go for the summit on the 23rd. The sat phone call is very […]
Our Everest team made the move up to Camp 3 on the Lhotse face today and looks to be in position for a summit attempt on May 22nd. The weather is looking good and the team is feeling strong and healthy. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, provides this update: Helllo, this is Garrett calling in for […]
The Everest team is heading to Camp 3 tomorrow to start the summit attempt. The weather forecast is looking favorable. Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison’s, update via sat phone: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Everest team. Today is Sunday, May 19th and we had a nice rest day at Camp 2 as […]
Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Everest team. We are up at Camp 2 right now and everybody’s doing well. We are taking a rest day and watching the weather. We are also watching some teams come down off the Lhotse face after their summit attempts. But the main thing is that we […]
Now on their summit rotation, the team climbed from base camp (5307m/17,411ft) to Camp 2 (6500m/21,325ft) today. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides today’s update via satellite phone from Camp 2: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Everest climbing team. Today is May 17th, and we awoke at about 1:00 AM and left at […]
Game time! Our Everest main team is heading up tonight (Nepal time) for their summit rotation! Stay tuned to these dispatches and our Amazon Alexa flash briefing for up to date coverage. Meanwhile, the climbing group of Kenton Cool, Michael Lavelle, are safely down to Camp 2 and descending to base camp tomorrow after their […]
With our advance team of rope fixing Sherpa safely back in base camp and the private group of Kenton and Michael positioned for the summit bid tonight, our main team counts down for their summit rotation from base camp. Here’s Garrett’s audio dispatch and some awesome pictures from the Sherpa team near and on the […]
Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Everest team. Today is a great day! Our advanced team of rope fixing Sherpa, eight guys, all reached the summit today at 1:45 PM Nepal time and they are on their way down to high camp now. So, the lines are in place, the route is open, […]
We are pleased to announce the following members of the rope fixing team of the 2019 Madison Mountaineering Everest expedition successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest (8,848 m / 29,029 ft) on May 14, 2019, at approximately 1:45 PM NPT (local time). # Name Country 1 Mr. Siddhi Bahadur Tamang – group leader Nepal […]