It’s Summit Bid time! Garrett and the team are ready to head up the mountain tonight to go for the summit! Here’s Garrett with the details from Everest base camp: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition 2021. We’re in base camp and went through all of our […]
From Everest base camp, expedition leader Garrett Madison checks in with some exciting news and a look ahead for what’s still to come: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition! Today is May 11 and we have some exciting news to report. Jon Gupta, Kenton Cool, and Rebecca […]
As the “dropback” period begins, Garrett Madison checks in from Everest base camp with today’s update: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. Today is May 9 and our team is resting on the dropback. Most all of our members are down in Namche resting for a few […]
A great second rotation is complete and the team is back at base camp. Garrett phoned in with today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest/Lhotse expedition. Today is May 7th and we arrived in Everest base camp after a great rotation up at Camp II for three nights […]
After touching Camp III, the Everest team is back in Camp II and preparing to head down tomorrow to base camp. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, has all the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. Today is May 6th and today we climbed up to Camp III […]
The entire Everest/Lhotse team is now safely up at Camp II on their second acclimatization rotation and is getting ready to climb up the Lhotse Face in the early morning 750m or so to touch Camp III before descending back to Camp II for the night. Everest guide, Rob Smith, provides today’s expedition dispatch: Hi, […]
With some of the team now up at Camp I, the rest of the group is ready to head up from base camp tonight. Here are the details from expedition leader, Garrett Madison: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Everest and Lhotse team dispatch. Today’s May 3rd. We had a restful day in […]
Our Everest team is ready for the second rotation. From Mount Everest base camp, expedition leader Garrett Madison has the plan for what’s next: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse team dispatch. Today is May 2nd and tonight we are embarking on second rotation. Our first wave of […]
With our Everest Express team members arriving, the full 2021 Everest team is now in base camp and making their preparations for the Second Rotation. Everest guide, Terray Sylvester has all the facts: Hello, this is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering 2021 Mount Everest expedition. It’s Saturday, May 1st. Today we had a […]
Today the team was kicking back at base camp, playing around with the drone, and generally resting up before the next rotation. Here’s Madison Mountaineering guide, Rob Smith with his recap of the day: This is Rob [Smith] from Everest Base Camp. We’ve all had a nice day here today. Jim arrived up the trail […]