Mount Rainier team is off!

The Madison Mountaineering Mount Rainier team started their climb by moving up from Paradise to Camp Muir with near perfect climbing conditions, making good time and with excellent views along the way! After settling into their camp for the night, the team enjoyed a nice dinner together while taking in the views of the volcanoes that sit to the south of Mount Rainier, amongst other peaks. The team is off to a great start and looks forward to continuing up the route tomorrow! Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this dispatch from Camp Muir:

Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Rainier (4390m/14,410ft) climb with Ed Viesturs – today is August 19.

Today, we climbed from Paradise (1646m/5,400ft) up to Camp Muir (3105m/10,188ft). We had pretty much perfect climbing conditions! It was really nice, it wasn’t too hot, we had some cloud cover to keep us cool on the way up the Muir snowfield. We arrived in Camp Muir around 2:30 and since then, we’ve been relaxing, enjoying dinner, and enjoying the sunset views out over the Tatoosh Range toward Goat Rocks and Mount Adams (3743m/12,281ft), Mount Hood (3429m/11,249ft), Mount St. Helens (2549m/8,363ft) – all the beautiful sights from the south side of Mount Rainier!

Tomorrow, we’re looking forward to moving up to Ingraham Flats (3383m/11,100ft)!

So, all is well. We’ll be in touch tomorrow!

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