Summits on Ama Dablam!

We are proud to announce that the 2026 Madison Mountaineering Ama Dablam expedition team successfully topped out this morning just before 7 a.m. local time, and is back in base camp safe and sound! A starry sky shined through the night as they moved, step by step, up the route on the way to the summit. Upon reaching the top, the team celebrated with hugs and high-fives while taking in excellent views of the surrounding Himalaya. After some summit photos, the team shouldered their packs and started back down the way they came, descending all the way to Base Camp. The celebration didn’t stop there as the team was greeted with a celebratory meal and cake made by our Base Camp staff! Now the team is off to bed for some well-deserved rest. Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this dispatch from Ama Dablam:

Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2026 Madison Mountaineering Ama Dablam expedition. Today is November 11th.

Today, the team summited Ama Dablam (6812m/22,349ft)! Our climbers stepped onto the summit just before 7 a.m. after a climb from Camp II (5980m/19,619ft) under starry skies. And then the whole team descended all the way back down to Base Camp (4600m/15,100ft).

So we are now all safely off the mountain and celebrating a successful expedition! Tomorrow we plan to take a rest day, finish sorting, and organizing the trash we’ve collected as part of the cleanup component of this expedition. And then day after tomorrow, we plan to begin trekking back to Lukla (2860m/9,383ft).

So all is well here at Ama Dablam, and we’ll be in touch tomorrow!

Celebrating back in base camp!

Celebratory cake made by our wonderful base camp staff.

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