We’re packing up base camp and our expedition team is heading home after an incredibly successful and safe K2 climb. Here’s the latest from Garrett Madison: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 expedition team. Today is August 3rd. Today the remainder of our members flew out of K2 base camp […]
Party-time at K2 base camp! Our own, guide extraordinaire, Conan Bliss calls in with today’s expedition dispatch: Yeah, hey! This is Conan Bliss checking-in with Madison Mountaineering. Hey everybody! Woo! We’re having a fun, relaxing recovery day here at base camp after a successful K2 summit two days ago. Woohoo! Yup, and today we gotta […]
The full K2 team is now safely back to base camp and getting so very, very much deserved and needed rest. Outstanding climb one and all! Thank you, weather Gods. Before falling into a deep slumber, expedition leader Garrett Madison provided this recap of the descent to base camp: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the […]
The K2 team is now in place at Camp 3 (7250m/23,800ft.) and setting their sights on a summit attempt in two days on the 28th. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison’s recap of the day’s climbing and the plan for what’s next: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today is July […]
On their summit push, our K2 team climbed up from Camp 1 to Camp 2 (6700m/21,980ft.) today under beautiful weather and route conditions. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides today’s expedition dispatch from 6,700 meters: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today is July 25th and we are up […]
The weather looks good and our K2 team will begin their summit push tomorrow morning! Expedition Leader, Garrett Madison has called in with this expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today’s July 23rd and we are about to head up on our summit […]
Our K2/Broad Peak team is still waiting out the weather at K2 base camp. Here’s Garrett with the latest status update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today’s July 22nd and we’ve had another easy, restful day here in base camp. The stormy weather seems […]
With some great weather during their rest period, the team enjoyed some BBQ in K2 base camp. Here is expedition leader Garrett Madison with today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today is July 18th and we’ve add a restful few days in […]
The K2 team is enjoying some good weather for resting in base camp and looking forward to making their summit attempt plans after the next storm system passes through. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison with all the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. We […]
Great video interview of Garrett Madison by the nexus of all high-altitude climbing news, Alan Arnette. Garrett Madison, founder of Madison Mountaineering is one of the few people on the planet to have summited K2 twice. He’s hoping to get his third this 2021 summer. This is his sixth expedition to K2 making him the […]