The first acclimatization rotation is complete and the team is safely back in base camp. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides this update: Hello, this Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest climbing team. Today is April 25th and our whole team came down from Camp 2 today to Everest base camp. We had a good […]
The team spent the day acclimatizing around Camp 2. And plan to head back down to base camp tomorrow to complete the first rotation. Garrett Madison reports: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest climbing team. Today is April 24th and we are up at Camp 2! We had a great day […]
On their first acclimatization rotation, the team is sleeping at Camp 2 (6533m/21,434ft). They are spending a couple of nights there before descending back to base camp. Here’s Garrett’s recap of the day: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest climb. Today we woke up at 5am at Camp 1, had some […]
Durning today’s acclimatization hike above Camp 1, the team had a scary moment and needed to perform a crevasse rescue as expedition leader, Garrett Madison reports: Hey, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest expedition team. Today we had a good acclimatization hike above Camp 1 here in the Western Cwm on Mount […]
Today the team made their first climb up through the Khumbu Icefall and is spending the night at Camp 1. Garrett provides this update from Camp 1 (6055m/19,865ft) on Everest: Hey, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest climbing team. Happy Easter! We are up at Camp 1 on Mount Everest. We had […]
The Everest team is preparing for the first rotation up the mountain – early in the morning on April 21. Network connectivity at base camp was very poor and expedition leader, Garrett Madison, made this audio dispatch via satellite phone. The audio quality is poor – below is our best attempt at a transcription. Today, […]
The Everest team did some acclimatizing today with a hike above base camp. While taking in the views, they reflected on the tragedy that occurred in Khumbu Icefall five years ago on this day. Garrett Madison has this update: Hi, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest expedition team. Today we had a […]
The Everest team conducted training in the Icefall above base camp today. Garrett Madison provides the day’s summary: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest climbing team. Today we had a training day at base camp. We went out onto the glacier and practiced ascending fixed lines, repelling down vertical sections, climbing […]
[ NOTE from Kurt: you may have read about the accident on Sunday at the same Lukla airport used by our team and nearly all climbers and trekkers in the Everest region. We are thankful that no one from our team or staff was involved in the incident that tragically killed the first officer of […]
Checking in from their home for the next 6 weeks or so, expedition leader Garrett Madison provides this update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest expedition team. Today we had our first full day in base camp. We woke up to decent weather – some sun, had a little walkabout around […]