After a two day bus ride from Skardu we are finally back in Islamabad, and very happy to be here! This is the end of our journey back from K2, the 75 mile trek from base camp to Askole, the jeep ride from Askole to Skardu, then the two day bus ride from Skardu to […]
As we are making our way from Skardu to Islamabad we can’t help feel like our climb to the top of K2 was all just a dream. We had perfect weather and route conditions for our climb, and had the summit all to ourselves with little to no wind as we gazed for hundreds of […]
Happy to be back in base camp after a successful climb of K2. – Garrett Elevation = 16,388.85 ft. Location = (35.881720, 76.513230)
Just back to camp 4 (high camp) with the team:) a long descent down from the summit.. – Garrett Elevation = 25,460.96 ft. Location = (35.878408, 76.524947)
K2 Summit! Garrett, Alan, & Matt are on top of the worlds 2nd highest peak! – Garrett Elevation = 28,278.08 ft. Location = (35.881720, 76.513230)
Just pulled into Camp 4 on K2 with the team, we plan to leave for the summit push in about 12 hours. Looks like nice weather and a good route! – Garrett Elevation = 24,310.11 ft. Location = (35.87828, 76.524947)
The Madison Mountaineering American Team (Garrett, Alan, & Matt) have arrived in camp 3. A tough climb up through the black pyramid! – Garrett Elevation = 24,310.11 ft. Location = (35.875156, 76.531130)
On Tuesday, July 22nd, we plan to begin our summit push by first moving up from our base camp to our advanced base camp. From there we plan to move up one camp per day, putting us in Camp 4, our high camp, on the afternoon of July 26th. With weather and route conditions allowing, […]
Over the last five years many climbers have attempted to climb K2 every season, however there has been only one short window (July 2012) where climbers made the K2 summit from the south side. (In 2011 a small team of elite climbers with Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner reached the summit via the North Ridge on the Chinese […]
Spying our route on the Abruzzi Ridge from base camp, good weather is heading our way!