Getting ready to go!

The Madison Mountaineering Karakoram expeditions team has been keeping busy in base camp as they prepare to make their summit bids on K2 and Broad Peak! The anticipation continues to build while reviewing oxygen systems, completing their climbing kits, and putting the finishing touches on technical trainings near camp. Everyone is in good spirits, feeling strong, and ready to go when the time comes to move on upwards! Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this dispatch from K2 Base Camp:

Hello from K2 Base Camp (4968m/16,300ft)! Over the last two days we’ve continued our preparations for our summit bids on K2 (8611m/28,251ft) and Broad Peak (8051m/26,414ft). We’ve reviewed our oxygen systems and other elements of our equipment, and we’ve been staying active with hikes and training. Our whole team (both climbers and staff) is healthy and in good spirits. Now we’re just starting dinner and planning to follow it up with another movie in our base camp cinema. We’ll be in touch!

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