Russian Adventure!
Our 2021 Russian adventure is in full swing. Garrett Madison and team member Chase M. are in position for their summit attempt on Europe’s highest peak, Mount Elbrus starting in just 11 hours:
Hello! This is Garrett calling in from Mount Elbrus, Russia – highest mountain in Europe!
Chase and I arrived here on Mount Elbrus and we’re up here at the mountain huts at 3800m. Looks like the weather is going to be great tomorrow. And then after that, a few days of snow and high wind – some stormy weather. So, we are going to go for our summit push tomorrow morning. Just a short trip up here, hopefully good weather. If we can’t get up tomorrow, we’ll rest a few days, let the storm pass, and then go for the summit next week.
At the moment, it looks like good weather tonight and tomorrow, so we’re going to go for it – fingers crossed for calm winds. We are looking forward getting up to the highest point in Europe (5685m / 18,650ft).
We will check-in soon!
The view of the Baksan Valley from the slopes of Mount Elbrus
The twin peaks of Europe’s highest point, Mount Elbrus in Russia.
Enjoying the high camp huts on Mount Elbrus
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 Garrett Madison’s daily audio expedition updates on select expeditions. Just say, “Alexa, play my Madison Mountaineering flash briefing.“
– Instagram:
– our Garmin inReach Mini powered real-time tracking map:
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