The team has left Kathmandu, and the trek to Mount Everest base camp is officially underway! Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison, with today’s dispatch from the mountain village of Lukla, Nepal: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest expedition team. Today is April 4th, and we flew from Kathmandu up […]
Welcome to Everest 2021! Our annual spring Mount Everest expedition begins in just 30 days. Our strong team of international climbers will gather at the Hotel Yak and Yeti, our Kathmandu home-base and the launching point of countless Mount Everest expeditions over the years. Here in Seattle, we are now gathering expedition equipment, food and […]
With the expedition complete and the team relaxing in a comfortable hotel with great Wi-Fi, expedition leader Garrett Madison provided this expedition recap and a cache of amazing climb photos: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Kenya expedition. We are back in Nanyuki, Kenya at the base of Mount Kenya. […]
Congratulations to our team on reaching the highest point in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, Mount Kenya! With yesterday’s Point Lenana (4985m) summit and this morning’s top out on both the summits of Nelion (5188m) and Batian (5199m), our team touched all three of Mount Kenya‘s high peaks. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides the […]
After arrival in Nairobi last night, our Mount Kenya private expedition with Chase and expedition leader, Garrett Madison, kicked off this morning with a drive to the Meru Bandas trailhead on the Chogoria route. Here’s Garrett’s audio dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Kenya expedition. Today is Saturday, January 16th and […]
With the Chimborazo summit success yesterday, our very successful Ecuador 16-day expedition concluded today and everyone is headed home safe. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides this final dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Ecuador Volcanoes program. Yesterday we summited Chimborazo, the highest volcano, highest peak in Ecuador, and closest point to the […]
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 […]