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 […]
Here is expedition leader, Garrett Madison, with today’s report on the trekking progress towards Everest Base Camp: Helllo, this is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Mount Everest Expedition. Today is September 11th we had a great trek today from Namche down the hillside and across the river, up to the Tengboche Monastery, and […]
Today the Everest team continued their acclimatizing around Namche and up to Khumjung. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, provides a recap of the day: Helllo, this is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Mount Everest Expedition. Today is September 10th and we had a great day trekking around Namche. We went up to the Everest […]
Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides a recap of today’s rest day at Namche: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mountain Hardwear Mount Everest Expediton autumn season. Today we had a rest day in Namche and went for a hike up to the Mount Everest museum above town and had great views of Mount […]