Rest and Recon at Low Camp

Today on Christmas Eve, the Vinson team took a rest day at Low Camp. Garrett Madison, expedition leader, called in with the following details:

Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Vinson expedition. Today is December 24th. We had a great day here at Low Camp, perfect weather all day – warm, sunny, no wind. We had a rest day here – slept in late, had a nice breakfast, and did some training today.

And then climbed partway up the route to check it out. All looks good and we’re excited to be heading up to High Camp tomorrow! We will check in on Christmas Day when we get up to High Camp tomorrow.

(photo: Madison Mountaineering archive)

By the way, it’s not too early to start making your plans to join us on Mount Vinson for the 2020/2021 season next December! Contact our office for details.

In addition to these expedition dispatches, you can also follow the teams as they make their attempts to summit the highest mountain in Antarctica on:

– Amazon Alexa devices with the Madison Mountaineering Flash Briefing skill: