Satellite comms are up again and Garrett and team check-in for K2’s Camp 2 on the Abruzzi Ridge with today’s dispatch: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today is July 10th, and today we climbed from Camp 1 up to Camp 2 on the Abruzzi […]
We got a very garbled sat phone message from Garrett at K2 base camp today – audio below. Garrett later added the following via inReach text messaging: We had our puja ceremony today, it was a wonderful way to begin our climbing. We will head up to ABC on our 1st rotation tomorrow and plan […]
Our K2 and Broad Peak team sends their happy 4th of July from K2 base camp. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition team. Today is July 4th. Happy American Indepdence Day – 4th of July – to all you Americans […]
The 2021 K2 and Broad Peak expedition arrived at base camp today and Madison Mountaineering guide, Rob Smith, provides a recap of the final days of trekking to reach base camp: Hi folks, this is Rob checking in for the 2021 Madison Mountaineering K2 and Broad Peak expedition. So yesterday we left Goro 2 camp […]
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 […]