Autumn Everest expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides this update on the new data regarding the Khumbu Icefall route and subsequent decisions made: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering / Mountain Hardwear Autumn Everest Expedition. Today is September 22nd. To recap yesterday: we had a great day, our sherpa team reached Camp […]
Autumn Everest expedition leader, Garrett Madison, report on the exciting progress today: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Autumn Everest Expedition with Madison Mountaineering. Today is September 21st and we had a GREAT day! Exciting news: our sherpa team was able to find the route through the icefall and reached […]
Here’s Mountain Hardwear Athlete Tim Emmett with today’s Everest expedition update: Hello, this is the Mountain Hardwear / Madison Mountaineering Everest Expedition dispatch. We are at base camp right now and we’ve been up to the icefall today with some of the crew to see how’s that’s going. Beautiful weather today, it was the first […]
Today, Mountain Hardwear CEO, Joe Vernachio, provide a recap of yesterday’s activities around base camp the plan for today: Hi, this is Joe Vernachio for the Mountain Hardwear Everest Expedition with Madison Mountaineering. We had an active rest day yesterday where we walked up into the Khumbu Icefall. It was a very cloudy, snowy day. […]
From Everest Base Camp, expedition leader Garrett Madison provides an update on today’s exciting progress! Hi! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering / Mountain Hardwear Autumn Everest Expedition. Today is September 18th and we had a great day. Myself and Tim Emmett went up into the Khumbu Icefall with our whole team […]
Low visibility delayed plans to investigate the current impasse along the route through the Khumbu Icefall. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, has today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Autumn Everest Exedition with Madison Mountaineering. Today is September 17th and we’re in base camp! Today our trekkers are heading down […]
After reaching Everest Base Camp yesterday, the team held their Puja ceremony today in which a Buddist Lama led the team in prayers for safe passage on the mountain. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, has this update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering / Mountain Hardwear Everest Expedition. Today is September 16th. […]
Today the Everest team moved up along the Khumbu Glacier to the village of Lobuche (4940m/16,207ft.), leaving just one more day of trekking to reach Everest Base Camp. Here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison‘s recap of the day: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Mount Everest Expedition team. Today is September 14. […]
The team took an active rest day today in near the village of Pheriche. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, gives the lowdown on the day’s activities: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering / Mountain Hardwear Autumn Everest Expedition. Today is September 13th and we had a great acclimitization hike here in Pheriche (4280m/14,042ft.) […]
Edging closer to Everest Base Camp, the team trekked from Deboche to Pheriche today. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, phoned-in this update of the day’s progress: Helllo! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering / Mountain Hardwear Everest Expedition – Autumn Season in Nepal! Today is September 12th and we had a great day […]