Everest guide, Terray Sylvester reports on the day’s skills training from Mount Everest base camp. Hi, this is Terray calling in for the 2021 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition. It’s Friday, April 16th. Today we woke up to beautiful sight of fresh snow on base camp and the Khumbu Glacier and the mountains above us. […]
Time for some climbing skills practice at EBC. Terray recaps the day: Hi, this is Terray calling in for the 2021 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition. It’s April 15th. Today we had our first day of skills practice down on the ice pyramids of the Khumbu Glacier just below our base camp. We practiced descending […]
The Everest team made an acclimatizing hike today and guide Terray Sylvester provides the details from Everest base camp: Hello, this is Terray calling in for the 2021 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition. It’s Wednesday, April 14th. Today we did an acclimatization hike up to Pumori base camp – a little over 1,000 ft. above […]
Our Everest team enjoyed their first full day at base camp and the trekkers have started their return trip. Terray Sylvester, Everest guide, phoned in today’s update from the communications tent at base camp: Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2021 Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition. It’s April 13th – our first full […]
Everest guide Terray Sylvester calls in from the Nepal village of Lobuche with a recap of the day’s trek: Hello, this is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering 2021 Everest expedition. It’s Saturday, April 10th. Today we walked from Pheriche to Lobuche. So we’re at a new higher altitude, we’re at almost exactly 5000m. […]
Madison Mountaineering guide Terray Sylvester has today’s expedition dispatch recapping a beautiful day acclimating above Pheriche: Hello! This is Terray Sylvester calling in for the Madison Mountaineering 2021 Mount Everest expedition. It’s April 9th. Today the team enjoyed an acclimatization hike to Prayer Flag Point in beatiful weather above Pheriche and Dingboche. We had excellent […]
Expedition leader Garrett Madison provides today’s recap of the trek from Deboche to Pheriche, as the Everest team moves closer to Everest Base Camp: Greetings from Pheriche! The team is comfortable and resting in the lodge after a great day walking from Deboche. Our day began under clear skies greeting the team with our first […]
Departing Namche Bazaar, today the Everest team trekked to the village of Deboche, spending some time at the Tengboche Monastery along the way. Madison Mountaineering guide Rob Smith provides the expedition dispatch of the day: Hey, this is Rob Smith here from the Madison Mountaineering Everest 2021 expedition. All’s going well. What a great day […]
Resting and acclimatization in and around Namche Bazaar, the Everest team hiked up to the Hotel Everest View. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison‘s recap of the day: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition team. Today is April 6th and we had a nice rest day in Namche. We […]
Today the base camp trekking team and the Everest climb team trekked along the Dudh Koshi and up the big hill to the capital village of the Khumbu, Namche Bazaar. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides the details of the day’s trek: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest expedition team and […]