The Everest and Lhotse expedition team has climbed from Camp 2 (6500m/21,325ft) up the Lhotse Face to Camp 3 (7230m/23,720ft) on their summit push. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in via Garmin inReach Mini with this brief update:
Greetings from C3. Everyone made it up here today and doing great! Planning to climb to C4 tmrw. A little windy but all good.
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On their summit push, the Everest and Lhotse expedition team strategically took another rest day at Camp 2 (6500m/21,325ft). Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checks in via Garmin inReach Mini with this brief update:
All is well in C2. Our main team is planning to move to C3 tmrw, targeting the 20th. Kenton & team all safely in EBC.
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Summit push preparations are in full swing at Everest base camp. Here’s Everest guide Terray Sylvester with a recap of the day’s activities at base camp and the plan for what’s next:
Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 12th.
Today we did some preparation for our summit push. We did an instructional oxygen system talk here in base camp and we sorted food for our high camps. The weather forecast still looks good for our departure, not tomorrow but the following morning early, pre-dawn.
Spirits are high and we’re all looking forward to getting started up the mountain
We will be in touch!
Guide Rob Smith providing instruction on the oxygen system (📸: @terray_s)
Climber Todd Ammerman gives the O2 mask two thumbs up! (📸: @terray_s)
Climber Cameron Kenny trying on his oxygen mask (📸: @terray_s)
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The “dropback” rest period is complete and the team has returned to base camp. Here’s Everest guide Terray Sylvester with a recap and the plan for what’s next:
Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 11th.
Today our climbers flew back from Namche Bazaar where they were resting for a few days pre-summit attempt. Great weather for the flights, really beautiful scenery. We settled back into base camp and had a nice dinner of pork chops, roast pumpkin, mashed potatoes, green beans, carrots, and fruit salad for dessert.
Now, we are settling in to watch “Gladiator“! Our summit plans have taken shape and in all likelihood we will leave base camp within the next couple of days, aiming for a summit in just a little over a week.
So, all is well here in base camp. It’s a beautiful warm and misty night.
We will be in touch!
Sara Safari leaving Namche for EBC (📸: @terray_s)
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The second rotation is complete and the team has returned to base camp. Here’s Everest guide Terray Sylvester with a recap and the plan for what’s next:
Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 5th.
We just returned from Camp 2 (6500m/21,325ft) back to base camp (5310m/17,421ft). We spent three nights on the upper mountain for our second acclimatization rotation. We went directly from base camp up to Camp 2, then took a rest day, and then we went up and touched Camp 3 at just about 7000m on the Lhotse Face. We then spend another night at Camp 2 and came back down here to base camp today. We had fantastic climbing conditions and weather throughout. We managed to avoid most other parties on the route. On the day we went up the Lhotse Face we had absolutely perfect conditions with spectacular views. It felt really good to get up a little bit higher and finish laying the groundwork of our acclimatization for our summit push.
Now we’re back in base camp and we’ll just be resting for that summit attempt. We’re going to do a “drop back” where we head down to lower elevation in Namche Bazaar (3440m/11,290ft) to let our bodies recover from being up at altitude for nearly a month and maximize our strength for the summit push.
We just finished dinner of pork chops and macaroni and cheese and vegetables and cake. Now we are watching “The Bourne Legacy” and we’ll go to bed after that.
All is well and we’ll be in touch!
The team getting comfortable with their down suits before the climb to Camp 3 the following day
Climbing the Lhotse Face
Part of the team in Camp 3
Climber Todd Ammerman with Guide Cacho Beiza in Camp 3
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Today the Everest team tagged Camp 3 on the Lhotse Face and returned to Camp 2 as part of the second rotation. Here’s expedition leader Garrett Madison with today’s expedition dispatch:
Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition team. Today is Wednesday, May 4th.
We had a great day up here climbing to Camp 3 (7230m/23,720ft) and returning to Camp 2 (6500m/21,325ft)… [transmission drops]
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We’re packing up base camp and our expedition team is heading home after an incredibly successful and safe K2 climb. Here’s the latest from Garrett Madison:
Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 expedition team. Today is August 3rd.
Today the remainder of our members flew out of K2 base camp by helicopter and it’s just me left with our Pakistani and Nepal Sherpa team here in base camp. We’re going to pack up and head out the day after tomorrow with our mule train back to Skardu.
Nice weather today but we decided not to go for Broad Peak due to the snow fall and high winds that had made the route seemingly very challenging and a very low probability of success. But we’re very happy with our K2 summit success and everyone getting down safely.
Everyone is heading home now. We had a great expedition! We’ll be packing up here and heading down the
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Party-time at K2 base camp! Our own, guide extraordinaire, Conan Bliss calls in with today’s expedition dispatch:
Yeah, hey! This is Conan Bliss checking-in with Madison Mountaineering. Hey everybody!  Woo!
We’re having a fun, relaxing recovery day here at base camp after a successful K2 summit two days ago. Woohoo! Yup, and today we gotta celebrate Kenton Cool‘s birthday. Yeah!! Yup, another young man in the group! Anyways, everyone’s doing very well.
Thanks again for following us on this amazing expedition. We’ll check-in with you later!
Kenton and his birthday cake at K2 base camp. Make a wish!
Conan pouring the champagne!
Guide Rob Smith cuts the K2 Summit Celebration cake!
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The full K2 team is now safely back to base camp and getting so very, very much deserved and needed rest. Outstanding climb one and all! Thank you, weather Gods. Before falling into a deep slumber, expedition leader Garrett Madison provided this recap of the descent to base camp:
Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Madison Mountaineering K2 expedition team. Today is July 29th and we have all arrived safely back in base camp.
Yesterday we summitted K2. It was a perfect day, just a magical experience on top with our whole team – 100% success! We came down to Camp 3 and today descended from Camp 3 all the way down to base camp.  So, just very happy that everyone is down, off the mountain safely and back in base camp. We’re just thrilled with the outcome here on K2!
We’re gonna have a celebration dinner tonight and a good night’s rest, some showers, and think about further plans – either heading out or, perhaps, attempting Broad Peak depending on conditions.
We’re very happy to be down off the mountain and back in base camp. All’s well here. Thanks for following along!
Morning views on the way to the top of K2!
Three-time K2 summiteer Garrett Madison with the youngest American K2 summiteer Chase M.
Happy team on the summit of K2!
At The Bottleneck on K2 on the way down
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