The K2 team caught their first views of Broad Peak (8051m/26,414 ft), K2’s neighbor and the world’s 12th highest peak from their camp in the middle of the Baltoro Glacier. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, calls in with today’s dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. We had a great day […]
The team enjoyed stunning views of the Trango Towers and surrounding peaks as they made their way to camp at Urdukas. Here’s Garrett with today’s K2 expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is June 25th, and we had a great day trekking from Paiju (3400m/11,155ft) up to […]
Today the team will be enjoying a rest day at the camp of Paiju along the banks of the Braldu river just below the snout of the Baltoro Glacier. Garrett provides this update: Hello this is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing expedition team. Today is June 24th and last night we arrived in […]
The first day of trekking is complete and the team is now at Jhola camp. Expedition leader Garrett Madison checks in with this satellite phone dispatch: Hello this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is June 22nd and we arrived at the stop of Jhola (3151m/10,338ft) here on the trek to […]
It’s all on foot from here! Careful not to wake other team members, K2 expedition leader, Garrett Madison quietly calls in this early morning expedition update from the last town, Askole, Pakistan, before the trek begins on foot this morning. Hello this is Garrett calling in for the K2 Everest [it’s early] team. We are […]
As the team prepares for some four-wheelin’ to Askole, expedition leader Garrett Madison provides this update: Hello this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today we are heading by jeep from Skardu to Askole. It’s about a six hour jeep ride. Beautiful day here, Sun’s out. Looking forward to a very scenic […]
After a restful night at the comfortable Serena hotel in Islamabad, we flew to Skardu. We are thankful that nice weather allowed us to fly today, rather than driving the Karakoram Highway, a two-day journey. We are organizing gear today and tomorrow here in Skardu, touring the town, and preparing for the jeep ride to […]
Our team of climbers & trekkers have arrived in Pakistan and are on the way to K2, the world’s 2nd highest mountain! Our advance team of 100 porters began the trek to base camp 2 weeks ago to help deliver supplies for our expedition team and reserve our place. The journey to K2 base camp […]
Congratulations to our Everest 2019 spring team in successfully climbing the world’s highest peak, but more importantly making it down safely! In contrast to what the media has portrayed, our experience on summit day was a pleasant one, due to a strong and experienced team. Our guides and Sherpas not only installed the fixed lines […]
With the Everest season quickly wrapping up, here’s expedition leader, Garrett Madison, with a final dispatch from the 2019 Mount Everest base camp: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Everest team. Today most of our crew helicoptered down to Kathmandu and they are at the Yak & Yeti hotel, relaxing and enjoying a […]