After a quick turn at Union Glacier camp, the team flew over to Mount Vinson base camp and got settled in. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison‘s day-end recap via sat phone: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mount Vinson expedition with Conrad Anker. Today’s Sunday, December 29th and we made it to Vinson […]
Today our second Mount Vinson expedition with guest-guide Conrad Anker flew to Antarctica arriving Union Glacier on the Illyshin 76 jet. Here’s Conrad with today’s kick-off expedition dispatch: Hello folks, Conrad Anker here at Union Glacier with the Madison Mountaineering V4 team. We had a successful three days in Punta Arenas. We went out and […]
Our Mount Vinson team #1 is now back at Union Glacier camp and getting ready to return to South America tomorrow. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, calls in from camp with a recap of the busy day: Hello. This is Garrett calling for the Mount Vinson expedition team #1. Today is Saturday, December 28th and myself, […]
Great news from Antarctica where 100% of our first team reached the summit of the continent’s highest peak, Mount Vinson! Here’s Garrett’s report from High Camp: Hello, this is Garrett Madison calling in for the Mount Vinson expedition team #1. Today’s December 27th and we reached the summit of Mount Vinson today, the highest peak […]
The Vinson team had a nice, relaxing rest day at High Camp (3536m/11,600ft) today making their preparations for their summit attempt tomorrow. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, provided the update via sat phone: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mount Vinson expedition team #1. Today is December 26th also Boxing Day for Candians and […]
With Christmas wishes to everyone following along, expedition leader Garrett Madison provides an update of today’s climbing on the highest mountain in Antarctica: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mount Vinson expedition. Merry Christmas, it’s December 25th and we made our way from Low Camp up to High Camp today. We had […]
Today on Christmas Eve, the Vinson team took a rest day at Low Camp. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, called in with the following details: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Vinson expedition. Today is December 24th. We had a great day here at Low Camp, perfect weather all day – […]
Today the Vinson team #1 made the move from base camp to Low Camp (2940m/9,100ft). Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, reports in with today’s dispatch via sat phone: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Vinson expedition. Today is December 23rd and today we climbed from Vinson base camp up to Low […]
After a day of carrying loads up towards Low Camp, expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in via sat phone from Vinson base camp: Hello, this is Garrett Madison calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Vinson expedtion #1. Today is December 22nd and we are at Vinson base camp. We had a great day. We […]
Our team has arrived at Mount Vinson Base Camp and expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides a brief recap of today’s activities via satellite phone: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Vinson climb #1. We made it to Mount Vinson base camp today. The Twin Otter flew us out of Union […]