Trekking day 1: Lukla to Phakding – Distance: 8.30 km – Elev Gain/Loss: 394m/-639m Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides the recap of today’s exciting flight to the trailhead mountain village of Lukla and the first day of trekking towards Everest Base Camp: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Everest expedition and […]
All of us at Madison Mountaineering are very excited that after many months of planning, the Mountain Hardwear Everest Expedition kicks-off today! Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, is now in Kathmandu with the entire trekking team and just provided this update to start off this exciting and rare Autumn season attempt on Mount Everest: Hello, this […]
Our K2 expedition team just arrived back in Islamabad, after the 100 km trek out from base camp to Askoli, 7-hour jeep ride from Askoli to Skardu, and a 34-hour epic drive from Skardu to Islamabad. All members of the team (climbers, Sherpas, Pakistan staff) are safely on their way home now. (members Valerio, Gina, […]
The K2 trekking is complete. The team had a marathon day by finishing the trek and then 4-wheeling for seven hours (!) to Skardu. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison’s update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is July 26th and we finished our trek out from K2 base camp […]
Today the K2 team trekked to Jhola camp and now has just one more day of trekking left. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, talks about the long day: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is July 25 and we have arrived at Jhola camp (3151m/10,338ft) on the trek out back […]
As the K2 team continues to trek out, Garrett checks in from Khoburtse camp on the Baltoro: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition. Today is July 24th and we trekked down the Baltoro Glacier from Goro 2 (4285m/14,058ft) to Khoburtse camp (3827m/12,556ft). We had a nice day. It was beautiful weather, […]
The K2 team is trekking out and enjoying the continued great weather. Garrett calls in from camp on the Baltoro Glacier: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today we trekked down from base camp (4968m) to Goro 2 camp (4285m) on the Baltoro Glacier. We packed up base camp and […]
With the season over, the base camp departures begin. But if you are still in base camp, you might as well enjoy yourself! Garrett provides these details: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the K2 climbing expedition. Today is July 21st and we’re down in base camp. A few of our members helicoptered to […]
The whole team is down off the mountain and all safely in base camp and will be heading home soon. Stay tuned over the next few days for Garrett’s complete expedition recap as the team makes their way back to Islamabad and beyond. Here’s Garrett with today’s expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Garrett calling in […]
The season’s snowfall on the upper slopes of K2 has won out, and unfortunately, the summit will have to wait for another year. Today the team made the prudent decision to abort the summit push. While one team member and his climbing Sherpa partner ascended to Camp 4 to spend the night, the remainder of […]