Dropback Period
As the “dropback” period begins, Garrett Madison checks in from Everest base camp with today’s update:
Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. Today is May 9 and our team is resting on the dropback. Most all of our members are down in Namche resting for a few days at the Panorama Lodge.
Climbers Kenton Cool, Jon Gupta, and Becks Ferry are up in Camp III on their summit rotation. The weather’s good right now and the winds are suposed to stay calm through May 13. After that the winds are going to rise for a bit.
But we’re doing well, we’re resting, and we’re setting our sights on a summit push sometime in the second half of May.
All’s well here at Everest base camp and in Nepal and we’ll check in soon. Thanks!
If climbing Mount Everest is in your future, please contact our office, we would love to have you climb with us!
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:
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