The team has arrived Lukla and the trek begins to Everest base camp. Garrett called in from Lukla via satellite phone with this update: Hello, good morning! This is Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest expedition. Today is April 4th and we have arrived in Lukla, Nepal (2850m) in the Khumbu Valley! This morning […]
Everest 2019 expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in with an update on Day 2 and the team heading to Ramechhap: Hey! This is Garrett calling in for the Mount Everest expedition team! We had a great day in Kathmandu doing gear checks, going out to dinner, had a city tour today, did some final shopping […]
Welcome to Kathmandu! The Madison Mountaineering Everest 2019 team has nearly all arrived in Kathmandu to kick off the Everest expedition and base camp trek. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provided this update: Hello, this is Garrett calling in on April 2, 2019 for the Mount Everest expedition. Today most of our members are arriving Kathmandu, […]
Garret Madison, expedition leader, reports the exciting progress of our Mount Vinson expedition teams in Antarctica: Hi, this is Garrett checking in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Vinson expedition number three. Jimmy, Fon and myself were planning to leave Union Glacier today and head to Vinson Base Camp, but Jimmy is still at the South […]
Reporting from High Camp on Mount Vinson, expedition leader Garrett Madison provides this update: Hi, this is Garrett calling for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Vinson expedition. Today on New Year’s Day, our team the Adventure Guides and Madison Mountaineering team made the summit of Mount Vinson (4892 m / 16,050 ft) [garbled]. We had a beautiful day with perfect […]
Happy New Year!!! Via sat phone, Garrett Madison reports in on the progress of team one’s climb to the highest peak at Antarctica: Hey! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Vinson expedition in Antarctica. Today is December 31st and we climbed up to High Camp (3536 m / 11,600 ft) today and […]
Expedition leader Garrett Madison phoned in this dispatch via satellite: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Vinson expedition! Today we climbed up to camp 1, “Low Camp”, from base camp. We settled in here a few hours ago. We had a nice dinner, some hot drinks and now we are […]
From the base on Mount Vinson, expedition leader Garrett Madison provides this update via satellite phone: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering / Adventure Guides Vinson Expedition. Today is Friday, December 28th. We are at base camp. We had a carry today. We went up half way to camp 1 and […]
Lead guide Garrett Madison called in via sat phone with the following update: Hi!! This is Garrett calling in for the Mount Vinson expedition. We are at Vinson base camp! We were able to fly from Union Glacier camp this evening around 6:30 PM. We got to Vinson base camp around 7:30 PM. We’ve set […]
Garrett and team are striking their happy poses because our first of three Vinson expeditions was rewarded for their patience with the best Christmas present ever: a GO! for the flight from Punta Arenas, Chile to Union Glacier, Antarctica. After eight days waiting for the weather at Union Glacier, the team is now headed to […]