Welcome to Kathmandu! The Madison Mountaineering Everest 2022 team has arrived in Kathmandu to kick off the Everest expedition and base camp trek. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provided this update:
Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest expedition team! Today is April 2nd and all of our members are here now in Kathamandu. We just finished our gear checks today and had a nice team dinner and we’re looking forward to a city tour tomorrow. Everyone’s doing well and we’re happy to be here in Nepal and excited to get the adventure underway.
Thanks and we’ll check in soon!
Sara S. chatting with Madison Mountaineering guide Cacho Beiza at the gear check
Climber Sara S. very excited about all the duffels and being in Kathmandu!!
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 Garrett Madison’s daily audio expedition updates on select expeditions. Just say, “Alexa, play my Madison Mountaineering flash briefing.“
– Instagram:
– our Garmin inReach Mini powered real-time tracking map: