Launching the summit push!

The Madison Mountaineering Ama Dablam expedition team has set off on their summit push! Feeling strong and rested, the team departed from Base Camp this morning under clear, blue skies. Our team moved efficiently up the route and are settled into their tents now, resting up, and getting ready to move higher tomorrow. Stay tuned for more from Ama Dablam! Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this dispatch from Camp I:

Hello from Camp I (5791m/19,000ft)!

We started our summit push today. The team moved well as we climbed here from Base Camp (4600m/15,100ft), and we were settled into our tents by late afternoon. The weather was generally good today. Clear blue skies this morning yielded to convective snow showers by mid-afternoon.

Now, as we settle into our sleeping bags for the night, the clouds have parted and stars are shining over the highest peaks on the planet. Tomorrow we plan to move to Camp II (5980m/19,619ft).

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.“

– Instagram:

• @MadisonMtng
• @GarrettMadison1
• @terray_s