The K2 base camp trek continues. Today the team reached Goro 2 camp on the Baltoro Glacier and has their sights set on Concordia tomorrow where hopefully the skies will clear and provide the first views of K2. Expedition leader Garrett Madison provides today’s expedition dispatch and some of the first photos of the trek […]
Day two of trekking to K2 base camp is completed and expedition leader Garrett Madison provides the day’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett callling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today is June 30th and today we trekked from Paiju camp up to Urdukas camp on the Baltoro Glacier. […]
The first day of trekking is done and the team is now at Paiju camp along the Braldu River on their way to K2 base camp. Expedition leader Garrett Madison checks in via satellite phone from their shady camp: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition. Today […]
Our 2021 K2 / Broad Peak expedition is underway and the team has arrived in the town of Skardu, Pakistan. Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison, with the initial dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team! Today’s June 27th and we are in Skardu, Pakistan. We […]
Definitely a challenging season on the world’s highest peak, but in the end Sagarmatha smiled and opened her arms, welcoming us to journey to her highest point. Our @madisonmtng team had magnificent summit days on May 11th and 23rd, with a total of 17 foreign climbers and 23 Nepal Sherpas reaching the top, of which […]
Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison with today’s dispatch from Mount Everest base camp: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse team. We are in Everest Base Camp. We had a nice, restful day here in base camp – cloudy and snowy all day. We were going to head out […]
Riding high on the team success, Garrett and the team call in from Everest base camp: Hey! This is Garrett and the team here at Everest Base Camp. We just finished our team celebration dinner. We all got down safe to base camp through the Khumbu Icefall today. What a WONDERFUL group of people! I’m […]
Our Everest team is safely down to Camp II and expedition leader Garrett Madison provides the recap of the descent from the South Col via sat phone: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. Today is May 24th. It’s 8:07 PM and we are all safely down in […]
Via sat phone from Camp IV on the South Col of Mount Everest, expedition leader and now 11-time summiter of Mount Everest, Garrett Madison provides the happy news: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. Today is May 23rd, it’s 7:30 PM in Nepal. We are at Camp […]
We just received a sat phone updated from Garrett at the South Col. It’s GO time! Be sure to follow the summit push with our real-time location tracker: https://madisonmountaineering.com/maps/everest-2021. Godspeed team – get safely up and down. Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest team. It is nearly midnight on May […]