Today our Ecuador Volcanoes team capped off the expedition with a fantastic summit climb of Ecuador’s second highest mountain, Cotopaxi (5897m/19,347ft)! Lead guide Estalin Suárez calls in with the happy news: Hello, this is Estalin calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Ecuador Volcanoes expedition. I’m very, very happy with the news that today, July 31st, […]
Today our Ecuador team topped out on the 16,813 ft. (5126m) summit of Illiniza Norte as they continue their acclimatization. Here’s lead guide Estalin Suárez with a recap of the day: Hello to everybody! This is Estalin calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Ecuador Volcanoes expedition. Today we got the summit of Iliniza Norte, which […]
Congratulations to our 2022 Mount Kenya team – Wolf R., Art M., and Jonathan E.! On June 14th, the team had success in reaching the high peak of Batian (5199m/17,057ft) on Africa’s second-highest mountain after 100% of them reached Mount Kenya’s Point Lenana (4985m/16,355 ft) the previous day. It was an incredible adventure and a […]
We are pleased to announce that the Lhotse climbing team of the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Everest/Lhotse expedition successfully reached the summit of Lhotse (8516m/27,940ft) on May 21, 2022, between approximately 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM NPT (local time). Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516m (27,940 ft), after Mount Everest, K2, […]
We are pleased to announce that the main team of the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Everest expedition successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest (8848m/29,029ft) on May 20, 2022, between approximately 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM NPT (local time). Congratulations to the entire team and a heartfelt thank you to our climbing sherpa and all of […]
Our Everest team has extended their rest period at Camp 2 to time their summit attempt for the best-forecasted weather. Everest guide Terray Sylvester sends this evening’s expedition dispatch via Garmin inReach Mini: Hello from Camp 2! All is well. Our team rested here today, reading, napping and admiring the scenery, including a paraglider(!) who […]
Our Everest team has safely moved up to Camp 2 in the Western Cwm to kick off their summit push! Everest guide Terray Sylvester sends this expedition dispatch via Garmin inReach Mini: Hello from Camp 2! Our Everest and Lhotse climbers ascended from base camp to our advanced base camp (aka Camp 2) here at […]
We are pleased to announce that the first team of the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Everest expedition successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest (8848m/29,029ft) on May 15, 2022, at approximately 4:25 AM NPT (local time). Congratulations to the whole team and especially Mr. Kenton Cool who has now made 16 summits, more than any other […]
Quick update on our third Mount Vinson expedition team: On Friday (Jan 14th) made an attempt at the summit but were unfortunately forced to turn around due to wind and cold. Some other teams turned around as well. Yesterday (Jan 15th) was another stormy day, so the team hung tight at High Camp. Conditions are […]
Our Ecuador Volcanoes team is in a position for their attempt at the summit of Ecuador’s highest mountain, Chimborazo! Lead guide, Estalin Suárez has the day’s audio expedition dispatch: Hello, this is Estalin calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Ecuador Volcanoes expedition. Yesterday we went up to the high camp, which is at 17,400 ft., […]