Bluebird in Camp 2

The Madison Mountaineering Peak Lenin expedition team ascended to just short of Camp 3 today, before turning back to Camp 2. By climbing high and sleeping low, their bodies will be better adapted to lower levels of oxygen when they climb to Camp 3 in the next few days. This process serves as an integral part of our high-altitude expeditions and is practiced on other peaks around the globe such as Everest, K2, and more. Stay tuned as the team climbs higher up the mountain! Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this dispatch via Garmin InReach:

Hello from Camp 2 (5300m/17,388ft)! Today was another beautiful bluebird day. We climbed to just below Camp 3 and returned to Camp 2 for tonight. Tomorrow we’re planning another full day of acclimatization here on the upper mountain. The team is doing well. We’ll be in touch tomorrow.

In addition to these expedition dispatches, you can also follow our teams as they make their attempts on the world’s most formidable mountains on:

– Amazon Alexa devices with the Madison Mountaineering Flash Briefing skill:

• Enable the skill and add to your flash briefing to hear our daily audio expedition updates on select expeditions.  Just say, “Alexa, play my flash briefing.“

– Instagram:

• @MadisonMtng
• @GarrettMadison1
• @terray_s