Congratulations are in order to our Ecuador team as they made a fantastic ascent of Cotopaxi. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison‘s recap of the day and what’s next: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Ecuador Volcanoes program. Today’s January 6th and we were fortunate and lucky to have climbed Cotopaxi today, […]
Congratulations Ecuador team on yesterday’s summit of Cayambe (5790m/18,996ft)! Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, called in this expedition dispatch with the details of the climb: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Ecuador Volcanoes team in Quito, Ecuador. We just climbed Mount Cayambe yesterday – over 19,000 ft. It was a snowy day. We were […]
One last day of acclimatization hiking around Otavalo before the team heads to Cayambe tomorrow. Garrett provides the details of today’s hike up the Imbabura volcano: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Ecuador Volcanoes program. Today we hiked up the volcano Imbabura – 15,000 ft.! It was a beautiful hike up this inactive stratovolcano in […]
Our Ecuador team continued their acclimatization today with a hike around Laguna Cuicocha just west of Otavalo. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, has today’s dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Ecuador Volcanoes program. Today we hiked around Lake Cuicocha and it was nice weather, we got to see the lake and some nice […]
Our Ecuador team has jumped right into their acclimatization after just arriving in Quito last night. Garrett Madison provides a recap of the day: Hello! This is Garrett calling in the Ecuador Volcanoes climb program. Today we left Quito in the morning and drove to our first acclimatization hike, Fuya Fuya, and we hiked up […]
Today we kick off our final expedition of 2020 in the capital city of Quito, Ecuador. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides this initial Ecuador Volcanoes expedition dispatch. We hope you will follow along. Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Ecuador Volcanoes program. Today we are meeting in Quito, Ecuador. I’ve just arrived and […]
The team reached the summit of Ojos del Salado this morning, the highest volcano in the world (#1 in the Volcanic Seven Summits), the second-highest mountain in South America (#2 in the Second Seven Summits), and Chile’s country high point (6893m/22,614ft)! Congratulations team! Great work. Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison with the happy news direct […]
Today the Ojos del Salado team made the 105 mile (170km) drive along Maricunga salt flat then continuing across the high plateaus to reach Laguna Verde where they will camp for three days near a hot spring. Next up is an acclimatization climb of Nevado San Francisco (6016m/19,738 ft)! In addition to these expedition dispatches, […]
Today the team acclimatized by hiking Cerro Doña Inés. Garrett Madison provides the details via satellite phone: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Ojos del Salado team in Chile – in the Atacama region. We had a great day today! We arrived yesterday, all together, in the Copiapó airport and drove out to […]
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 […]