Entries by Garrett

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 […]

Hanging tight for good weather at Camp 2!

Audio dispatch via satellite phone this evening from K2 Camp 2: Hello this is Garret calling in for the K2 expedition. Today is July 19th and we have been sitting tight at Camp 2 today. We had some snow last night so we decided to stay here at Camp 2. [garbled] And let’s see if […]