As the Ojos del Salado team arrives Copiapó and heads off the grid today, expedition leader Garrett Madison makes use of the last bit of Internet connectivity to provide this expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Ojos del Salado expedition team. Myself and Jenn, Chase, Ted, Ryan, and Krisli are all […]
Our team members prepare to board their flights to arrive in Santiago, Chile tomorrow to kick-off the Ojos del Salado expedition – the world’s highest active volcano and second only to Aconcagua as South America’s highest peak. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, has the details in this kick-off expedition dispatch. Be sure to follow along for […]
Having just concluded our first big international climbing expedition since COVID-19 hit earlier this year, I wanted to share some notes on my experience for climbers who are planning to climb with me in the future and climbers considering to join one of our upcoming programs. Pacific Northwest After the spring “lockdown” periods, we were […]
With all of the team safely back in Kathmandu, our 2020 Ama Dablam expedition is concluding. Thank you for following along. The following team members successfully and safely obtained the summit of Ama Dablam (6812m / 22,349ft) on November 11, 2020, at approximately 11:30 AM NPT (local time): # Name Country 1 Mr. Garrett Madison […]
The Ama Dablam team have once again completed the crux of the route, The Yellow Tower, while making the move to Camp 2 (6000m) on their summit push. Tonight is the night! Within the next few hours, they will start the climb to the summit. Godspeed team! Here’s today’s audio dispatch courtesy of team member, […]
First day of the summit push, the Ama Dablam team made the move from base camp to Camp 1. Courtesy of his Instagram feed, team member @moealthani provides the recap of the day in this expedition dispatch: Hi guys! This is Moe Al Thani calling you from Camp 1 (5800m). It’s freezing cold, I’m wearing […]
The summit push is on! Garrett and the Ama Dablam team just left base camp moments ago heading for Camp 1. You can follow their progress on this real-time map: https://madisonmountaineering.com/maps/ama-dablam-2020/. Here’s Garrett’s message as they were leaving base camp this morning: Well, it’s November 9th and we are off this morning on our Summit […]
For the Ama Dablam team, the resting is done, and the summit-push is next! Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison, with today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett Madison calling in for the Ama Dablam team expedition. We’re here at Ama Dablam base camp, the second rest day here on November 8th. The weather is looking […]
The Ama Dablam team is back at base camp after successfully completing their first acclimatization rotation. With the comforts of base camp, including Internet, everyone has been busy with the important work of updating their Instagram accounts with amazing photos – check out @garrettmadison1, @moealthani, @boldbravebeautifullife, @chase.merriam, @tedhesser, and @eliasaikaly. Today, team member Ted Hesser […]
The Ama Dablam team touched their high point so far by climbing to Camp 2 (5980m) today before returning to Camp 1 for the night. Just before reaching Camp 2, they enjoyed some of the route’s best climbing by tackling the technical crux: Ama Dablam’s Yellow Tower. Tomorrow they will descend to base camp and […]