Due to the unsafe route conditions in the Khumbu Icefall, expedition leader, Garrett Madison, has today called off the expedition and has started making the preparations to pack up and head home. Many thanks to our entire Nepal-based staff and to our climbers and trekkers – and good luck to Kristin who is making her […]
Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, reports that the great weather is continuing at Everest base camp: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Autumn Everest Expedition here in Nepal. Today is October 5th. Great day here at Everest base camp — sunny day, great views, nice people around. The Serac is still […]
Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, and team are still hanging tight at Everest Base Camp, waiting to see who will blink first, the team or the massive ice serac that continues to precariously hang over the Khumbu Icefall: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Autumn Everest Expedtion. Today is October 4th. It’s […]
Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, reports in on another nice weather day at Everest base camp and still waiting on that hanging serac… Hello, this is Garrett Madison calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Autumn Everest Expedition here. Today is October 3rd and the weather’s great here in Everest base camp — nice view of the […]
Under nice weather at EBC, expedition leader, Garrett Madison, reports in about today’s relaxing day visiting with friends: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Autumn Everest Expedition. Today is October 2nd. A sunny day here in base camp and just hanging out, enjoying the nice weather, organizing camp a bit, and […]
Finally today there was some sunny weather at Everest Base Camp. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, reports on the weather, the route, and the team member status in today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest Expedtion – Autumn Season 2019. Today was a sunny day! Finally the sun […]
Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, and the climbing team headed down to Gorak Shep for lunch today under the continuing snowy conditions. Here’s Garrett’s update: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for Madison Mountaineering Autumn Everest Expedition. Today is September 29th. Another snowy, cloudy day in base camp. Woke up to a few inches of […]
On a snowy day at Everest Base Camp, expedition leader, Garrett Madison, has this daily report: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Autumn Everest Expedition. Today is September 28th and we had a rest day in base camp as it snowed outside all day and fairly cloudy. We were very […]
Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, recaps tonight’s dinner at the neighboring Polish team camp and an update on the serac looming over the Khumbu Icefall: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Autumn Everest Expedition. Today we had dinner with our Polish friends over in their camp, which was a nice contrast […]
The Everest team at EBC is keeping themselves busy during the day with hikes and at night with dinner parties! Garrett Madison, expedition leader, provides the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Autumn Mount Everest Expedition. Today is September 27th and today myself and Kristin went for a hike up […]