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 […]
The first acclimatization rotation up the mountain is complete and the Everest team is now safely back in base camp. Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison, with the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse team. Today, April 28th, we came down from Camp II. We did our first […]
On their first acclimatization rotation, our Everest team moved up to Camp 2 in the Western Cwm today marking a personal high-point for some of the climbers at nearly 21,300 ft (6490m). Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, phones in the details via satellite phone: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest […]
The Everest team took a rest day at base camp today while they waited for the snowstorm to move out. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison provides the day’s summary: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Everest expedition team. We’re in Mount Everest base camp and we had a great day here just resting up. […]
The featured photo (above) is guides Kumar and Ming Dorchi on the summit of Island Peak with climber Rich D. earlier in the week. Congrats Rich!! For the recap of the snowy day at EBC, here’s Everest guide Terray Sylvester: Hello, this Terray calling in again for the 2021 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition. It’s […]
The Everest team took their first foray into the Khumbu Icefall today and Everest/Lhotse guide, Terray Sylvester, has all the details: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2021 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition. It’s Tuesday, April 20th. Today we took our first foray up into the Khumbu Icefall. We left after breakfast and […]
Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, reports on the day’s activities for the team at Everest base camp which included an acclimatization hike up to Prayer Flag Point: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition team. We are in Everest base camp. He had a good day today. We changed our […]