Kilimanjaro lead guide Rob Smith has this colorful description of the team’s from Shira Camp (3833m/12,575ft) to Barranco Camp (3981m/13,060ft): Another day of beautiful weather here on Kilimanjaro. Our 6am wake up is becoming the norm, and there are no complaints when the first view is Kilimanjaro casting its shadow onto the clouds below us. […]
Meanwhile on Kilimanjaro, here’s lead guide Rob Smith with today’s progress report of moving from Machame Camp to Shira Camp: We have had a beautiful day today on Kilimanjaro, moving up the mountain. We awoke at 6am in the shade but in good weather. By 8am we were moving up the steep rocky trail […]
Lead guide Rob Smith provides the Kilimanjaro expedition kick-off dispatch from Arusha, Tanzania: Welcome to the Climb for Conservation Kilimanjaro trip guided by Madison Mountaineering. The drive from the airport passed through verdant fields of maize, sunflowers, and coffee. Roadside sellers had all sorts of goods including freshly butchered meat, charcoal for fuel, lumber for […]
On the eve of their summit push, climbing team member Dr. Rick Thurmer provides today’s K2 expedition dispatch. The plan is to climb to Camp 2 (6327m/20,757ft) on the Cesen route tomorrow morning. C3 on Wed, C4, on Thu, and make their summit attempt on Friday, July 19th. This is it – the week mountaineers […]
K2 climbing team member Gina provides the update from base camp today where part of the activities was oxygen system practice. Summit bid begins on July 16th with a summit target of July 19th: Hi! This is Gina coming to you live from K2 base camp! We just finished having a great dinner of kebabs […]
Madison Mountaineering guide Conan Bliss reports in on the team’s first rotation progress from Camp 2 on the Cesen route: Hi! This is Conan checking with everybody out there in cyberspace for the Madison Mountaineering K2 expedition. Today we had a stellar move up to Camp 2 on the Cesen spur. Everybody’s had a good […]
All climbers, guides, and Sherpa from the 2019 Madison Mountaineering Everest expedition have safely returned to base camp. More details and recap of the climb coming soon…
We are pleased to announce the following members of the 2019 Madison Mountaineering Everest expedition successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest (8,848 m / 29,029 ft) on May 23, 2019, at approximately 6:30 AM NPT (local time). # Name Country 1 Ms. Nadhira Alharthy Oman 2 Ms. Nelly Attar Lebanon 3 Ms. Joyce Azzam […]
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We are pleased to announce the following members of the 2019 Madison Mountaineering Everest expedition successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest (8,848 m / 29,029 ft) on May 16, 2019, at approximately 3:15 AM NPT (local time) and have returned safely to Camp 4 on the South Col. # Name Country 1 Mr. Kenton […]