In today’s update, Garrett outlines the upcoming summit attempt plan: Hello, this is Garrett calling for the K2 climbing expedition team. Today is July 13th, and we had a nice rest day in base camp. All of our Sherpas have come down off the mountain from carrying loads and fixing ropes to Camp 4 on […]
With all of the team now back in base camp after successful completion of their acclimatization rotation, everyone is watching the weather and looking for that window for a summit attempt. Garrett checks in with today’s update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is July 12th, and we had […]
The main group of climbers took a rest day at base camp and are getting psyched for summit push coming up soon. Garrett provides the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing expedtion team. Today is July 11th and we had a rest day today in base camp. Everyone’s doing well […]
Most of the team descended from Camp 2 on the Cesen route today and are back in BC, completing their acclimatization rotation. Here’s Garrett with the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition climbing team. Today we came down from K2 Camp 2 on the Cesen route to base camp. Had […]
Expedition leader Garrett Madison provides this update via sat phone from K2 Cesen Camp 2: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing expedition team. Today is July 9th. We had a nice rest day up at Camp 2 (6327m). A few of us went for an acclimatization hike up towards Camp 3 […]
Most of the team is up on the Cesen route acclimatizing and the rest are heading up tomorrow morning from base camp (in ~7 hours). Expedition leader, Garrett Madison provides today’s update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing expedition team. Today is July 8th, and we are up at Camp 2, […]
The K2 team’s first rotation is coming up and expedition leader Garrett Madison had this update today: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition. We had a great day of training yesterday out on the ice near base camp – practicing fixed line ascending, repelling and footwork, all in preparation for our […]
Expedition leader Garrett Madison and the team wish Americans everywhere a happy Independence Day from K2! Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is the Fourth of July! Happy Independence Day to all the Americans on our team and elsewhere. Today we went for an acclimatization hike up to advanced […]
Today on K2: Puja! As is the custom before any climbing begins, a Puja ceremony is held to ask the mountain for blessings and safe passage. What follows is a fun afternoon party. Here’s Garrett with the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team! Today we had our Puja ceremony. […]
Yesterday, the K2 team conducted some training at base camp. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides the details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition. We’re doing great here in base camp. It’s been beautiful weather the last few days. We’ve got camp fully dialed in the way we like it: great dinning […]