In position to go for the summit

The Madison Mountaineering Peak Lenin expedition team moved into Camp 4 today, now in position to make their bid for the summit! They climbed up from Camp 3 with perfect conditions, and enjoyed a restful afternoon after getting settled. With views of the Pamir Mountains stretching around them, they’ll crawl into their sleeping bags and get ready for an alpine start tomorrow. This time, they are leaving for the summit. Stay tuned! Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in from high camp on Peak Lenin:

Hello from Camp 4 (6400m/21,000ft)! Today the fine weather continued as we climbed here from Camp 3 (6100m/20,013ft). We arrived at our tents here at 6,400m / 21,000′ at about 1pm and we’ve been resting since then. Currently there’s a light breeze here and hardly a cloud in the sky. We have excellent views of the other two 7000m peaks in the Pamir: Peak Communism (7495m/24,590ft) and Peak Ozodi (7105m/23,310ft). We’re planning an alpine start tomorrow morning in our bid to summit Peak Lenin (7134m/23,406ft)!

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