Entries by Garrett

Mont Blanc Recap

Our 2018 Mont Blanc team recently returned from the French Alps after having a great time climbing Western Europe’s highest peak! Our climbers met in the historic mountain village of Chamonix, France, and from there ventured into the high country, spending two nights at the Albert Premier hut to acclimatize and train in mountaineering technique. […]

Team back in Islamabad!

The K2 team is back in Islamabad and heading home! After our successful climb of K2 we trekked over 100 kilometers from K2 base camp to the village of Askoli, along the Baltoro glacier past the iconic Trango Towers, then drove by Jeep along the Braldu river gorge to Skardu where we spent the night […]

Team prepares to depart K2 Base Camp

All of our climbers and equipment are off the mountain and we are preparing to begin the 100 kilometer trek from K2 Base Camp to Askole, down the Baltoro Glacier past the Great Trango Tower and back to where we began our journey nearly 6 weeks ago. On July 22nd, we had an incredible, and […]

Madison Mountaineering 2018 K2 Summiteers List

We are pleased to announce the following team members successfully obtained the summit of K2 (8,611 m / 28,251 ft) on July 22, 2018 at approximately 7:00 AM PKT (local time): # Name Country 1 Mr. Garrett Madison USA 2 Mr. Geoffrey Schellens USA 3 Mr. Robert Smith Ireland 4 Mr. Jason Black Ireland 5 […]

K2 Summit on a beautiful day!!

K2 Summit!! Garrett just called in this report from K2 Camp 4 on their way down: Hey this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. We reached the summit of K2 today!! Second highest mountain in the world! We had a beautiful day. We left high camp about 9:00 PM and got to […]

K2 Summit on a beautiful day!

K2 Summit!! Garrett just called in this report from K2 Camp 4 on their way down: Hey this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. We reached the summit of K2 today!! Second highest mountain in the world! We had a beautiful day. We left high camp about 9:00 PM and got to […]

Headed for the K2 summit tonight!!

Audio dispatch via satellite phone this evening from K2 Camp 4 (8,000 m / 26,250 ft.): Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is July 21st and we are up at Camp 4! High camp on K2! We has a great day climbing from Camp 3 up to Camp 4. […]

Headed for the K2 summit tonight!

Audio dispatch via satellite phone this evening from K2 Camp 4 (8,000 m / 26,250 ft.): Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team. Today is July 21st and we are up at Camp 4! High camp on K2! We has a great day climbing from Camp 3 up to Camp 4. […]

K2 team tucked into Camp 3

Audio dispatch via satellite phone this evening from K2 Camp 3: Hey this is Garrett calling in for the K2 expedition team! Today is July 20th and we are up at Camp 3 – tucked into our tents, just finished our dinner. We had a big climb today from Camp 2, up over the Black […]