Our third and final Mount Vinson expedition for 2019 got going in style today, moving all the way from Union Glacier to Mount Vinson Low Camp as reported by expedition leader, Garrett Madison: Hello, this is Garrett calling in for Mount Vinson expedition number three: Garrett Madison and Jim Lumberg in collaboration with PolarExplorers! Today we […]
Our Vinson expedition team had a big day today as reported by expedition leader, Garrett Madison: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mount Vinson expedition team number two. Today is Friday, January 11th and we have reached Union Glacier camp! We had a great day descending from our high camp on Mount […]
100% summit success reported by expedition leader Garrett Madison: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mount Vinson expedition team two. Today, January 10th, our entire team made it up to the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. We got to the top around 4:00 PM today – myself, Conan Bliss, […]
We have received word that our team has reached The Roof of Africa: the summit of Kilimanjaro‘s Uhuru Peak (5895 m / 19,341 ft)! Congratulations team! The team checked-in after they returned from the summit to Kosovo camp. They were packing up camp and starting the descent to Mweka camp (3075 m / 10,090 ft). […]
As the team readies for their summit attempt, team member Linda gets the honors and provides today’s dispatch from High Camp on Mount Vinson: Hello, this is Linda calling in from the Madison Mountaineering Vinson team two. We had a wonderful day here at High Camp, resting, enjoying the scenery, and getting ready for our […]
Our Kilimanjaro team is ready for summit day! Today they completed their eastern traverse of Kilimanjaro and climbed up to the high camp, known as Kosovo camp. Kosovo camp is our special high camp that rarely sees use by other climbers. It sits 210 meters above the traditional, and frequently very crowded, Barafu high camp. […]
Our Vinson team two is now at High Camp! Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, has this exciting update: Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mount Vinson expedition team number two: Conan, Garrett, Shawn, Fon, Linda, and Paul! Today is the eighth of January and we are up at High Camp. We had a great […]
Karanga Camp! This morning the Kilimanjaro team climbed “the Breakfast Wall” (aka the Great Barranco Wall), a nice challenge to start the day and get the body warmed up for a nice day of trekking. The top of the Barranco Wall (4240 m / 13,911 ft) provides spectacular views of the plains far below. From […]
Today, team member Shawn provides the update from Mount Vinson! Hi this is Shawn calling in from the Vinson two team. We are at Low Camp and just finished our haul up to High Camp. Linda, Paul, Shawn, Fon, Garrett and Conan are all feeling healthy, happy, stable, strong and very enthused for our move […]
Our January Kilimanjaro climb kicked off a few days ago and the team is doing great and feeling strong! They entered the National Park at the Machame Gate (1814 m / 5,950 ft) on the first day and they hiked through the tropical rain forest climate zone up to Machame camp at 3022 m (9,915 ft). […]