Camp 2 on Peak Lenin

The Madison Mountaineering Peak Lenin expedition team departed Camp 1 today to continue their acclimatization rotation up to Camp 2. With some fresh snow on the route, but blue skies shining down on them, the team moved smoothly up to their next camp situated above 5,000 meters. Tomorrow, the team plans to take an active-rest day before continuing on up the mountain. Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this brief message from Camp 2 via Garmin InReach:

Hello from Camp 2 at 5,400m! Today we had great weather as we climbed here from Camp 1. Blue skies and a dusting of fresh snow on the glaciers. We’re settled into our tents now and looking forward to an active rest day tomorrow. We’ll be in touch then!

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.“

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