Mount Elbrus team summits!
We are happy to share that the Madison Mountaineering Mount Elbrus expedition team reached the summit of the highest peak in Europe on July 1! The team switched to the south side of the mountain after experiencing high winds while gearing up for their summit push from the north side. It was a beautiful climb with the entire team topping out. Congratulations to everyone on the team and to those who completed their seven summits journey: Robert, Meredith, and Josh. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison checks in with this celebratory dispatch from Mount Elbrus:
Hello! This is Garrett checking in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Elbrus (5642m/18,510ft) program.
Today we summited Mount Elbrus! 100% of the team made the top; Seven climbers, plus myself, and two Russian guides. We had a great day. We were the first team up there, had the summit all to ourselves, no clouds, so beautiful views all around! Little bit of wind, but not too much. And then we made our way back down and back to Pyatigorsk (500m/1,600ft). A few of us flew out today to Istanbul (537m/1,762ft), and the rest are flying out tomorrow.
So it’s been a great trip! We started off on the north side of Elbrus. And we’re getting ready for our summit attempt, but the winds were very high. So, we came off the mountain and then reverted to the south side of the mountain. We got lucky with the weather, good conditions, and had a great climb!
Three of our climbers finished their seven summits today. That would be Robert Alt, Meredith Mercer, and Josh Gates. Big congratulations to those three climbers on our team for finishing their seven summits!
It was a great trip and we’re looking forward to coming back to Mount Elbrus later this summer.
Sunrise while climbing towards the summit.
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.“
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