Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, and the Ama Dablam team have arrived in Kathmandu and have started their mandatory 7-day safety quarantine (in style) at the Hotel Yak & Yeti. Adhering to the current Entry Protocol for Mountaineering Expeditions and Trekking in Nepal, all were required to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result taken less […]
This week we kick off our safe return to Nepal for some Autumn trekking and climbing adventures. The teams are now making their way to Nepal. Ama Dablam expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in from LAX while en route to Kathmandu: Hello, this is Garrett Madison calling in – kicking-off the Ama Dablam expedition along […]
A perfect Shuksan summit with weather and conditions providing a beautiful climb as reported by climb leader, Garrett Madison: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mt. Shuksan climb in the North Cascades. We had a wonderful summit day today on Mt. Shuksan. Steve and I left our high camp about 4 AM and […]
Under great conditions, expedition leader Garrett Madison calls in this audio dispatch from the slopes of Washington State’s Mount Shuksan: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mt. Shuksan climb with Steve! We are up here at high camp. It is a beautiful day! We just feel like we are spoiled rotten because the […]
We closed out August with a great one-on-one private climb with awesome conditions on Mt. Baker. Mt. Baker is the most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48 contiguous United States and the second most active volcano in the Cascade Range after Mt. Saint Helens. Its location near the Canadain border and the Puget Sound […]
Follow the team’s progress with our real-time tracking map After the Kilimanjaro summit, this incredibly strong team hiked all the way down and out – what a big day! Expedition leader, Garrett Madison calls in from Arusha with all the details: Hello this is Garrett calling in for the Kilimanjaro dispatch. We got back from […]
Follow the team’s progress with our real-time tracking map En route to Karanga Camp, expedition leader Garrett Madison catches a pocket of cellular coverage and provides today’s audio expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Kilimanjaro expedition team with Drew and Jordan. Today’s day four and we left our camp at Barranco […]
Our Kilimanjaro team has all arrived in Arusha, Tanzania and is stoked to begin the expedition. Here’s team leader, Garrett Madison, with today’s dispatch: Well, hello from Tanzania! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Kilimanjaro expedition. Today is Sunday, August 9th, and we arrived over the last couple of days here in […]
Normally, at this time, our Everest climbing team would have just finished two nights at Namche Bazaar and trekked on to the village of Deboche where they would be spending the evening with our friends at the Rivendell Lodge and looking forward to six more days on the trail towards Everest Base Camp. But as you know, […]
Late last week amid all of the rapidly evolving global cancelations and shutdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government of Nepal officially announced the cancellation of all Spring expeditions along with additional changes to their tourist visa requirements. While we are saddened that all of the hard work and preparations of our […]