K2 team all safely back at Base Camp
All of our K2 team members are safely down from the mountain and at Base Camp (4995 m/16,388 ft)! Fantastic effort by all. We will have a full recap after a well deserved rest!
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Madison Mountaineering 2018 K2 Summiteers List
We are pleased to announce the following team members successfully obtained the summit of K2 (8,611 m / 28,251 ft) on July 22, 2018 at approximately 7:00 AM PKT (local time): # Name Country 1 Mr. Garrett Madison USA 2 Mr. Geoffrey Schellens USA 3 Mr. Robert Smith Ireland 4 Mr. Jason Black Ireland 5 […]
K2 Summit on a beautiful day!!
K2 Summit!! Garrett just called in this report from K2 Camp 4 on their way down: Hey this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. We reached the summit of K2 today!! Second highest mountain in the world! We had a beautiful day. We left high camp about 9:00 PM and got to […]
K2 Summit on a beautiful day!
K2 Summit!! Garrett just called in this report from K2 Camp 4 on their way down: Hey this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. We reached the summit of K2 today!! Second highest mountain in the world! We had a beautiful day. We left high camp about 9:00 PM and got to […]
Headed for the K2 summit tonight!!
Audio dispatch via satellite phone this evening from K2 Camp 4 (8,000 m / 26,250 ft.): Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is July 21st and we are up at Camp 4! High camp on K2! We has a great day climbing from Camp 3 up to Camp 4. […]
Headed for the K2 summit tonight!
Audio dispatch via satellite phone this evening from K2 Camp 4 (8,000 m / 26,250 ft.): Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is July 21st and we are up at Camp 4! High camp on K2! We has a great day climbing from Camp 3 up to Camp 4. […]
K2 team tucked into Camp 3
Audio dispatch via satellite phone this evening from K2 Camp 3: Hey this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team! Today is July 20th and we are up at Camp 3 – tucked into our tents, just finished our dinner. We had a big climb today from Camp 2, up over the Black […]
Hanging tight for good weather at Camp 2!
Audio dispatch via satellite phone this evening from K2 Camp 2: Hello this is Garret calling in for the K2 expedition. Today is July 19th and we have been sitting tight at Camp 2 today. We had some snow last night so we decided to stay here at Camp 2. [garbled] And let’s see if […]
Up through House’s Chimney to Camp 2
Audio dispatch via satellite phone this evening from K2 Camp 2: Hey this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is July 18th and we are up at Camp 2 tucked into our tents! We had a good day coming up to Camp 2. It’s been snowing most of the day and […]
K2 team on the move to Camp 2
Garrett called in with an audio dispatch this morning from K2 Camp 1: Hi! This is Garrett calling for the K2 expedition. Today is July 18th. We are up at Camp 1. We had a good climb up here yesterday; it was nice and cool and then in the afternoon some snow showers moved and […]