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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Our Everest team has extended their rest period at Camp 2 to time their summit attempt for the best-forecasted weather. Everest guide Terray Sylvester sends this evening’s expedition dispatch via Garmin inReach Mini:
Hello from Camp 2! All is well.
Our team rested here today, reading, napping and admiring the scenery, including a paraglider(!) who launched from the South Col. Our forecast indicates we’ll have the best summit weather if we rest here one more day before climbing higher. So our plan is now to move to Camp 3 on the 17th.
We’ll be in touch!
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Our Everest team has safely moved up to Camp 2 in the Western Cwm to kick off their summit push! Everest guide Terray Sylvester sends this expedition dispatch via Garmin inReach Mini:
Hello from Camp 2!
Our Everest and Lhotse climbers ascended from base camp to our advanced base camp (aka Camp 2) here at 21,300′ (6500m) yesterday in great weather. We’ll rest here now before climbing to Camp 3 (7230m/23,720ft), where we’ll spend a night before continuing up to Camp 4 (7900m/25,919ft) at the South Col.
The team is feeling good!
We’ll be in touch!
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All the preparations are done and have led up to this moment. Our Everest team is catching a few more hours of sleep before they start up the mountain on their summit push! Everest guide Terray Sylvester outlines the plan in today’s expedition dispatch:
Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 13th.
We are just going to bed in preparation for the first day of our summit push, which will actually start at about 1am tonight. We’ll have breakfast at midnight and then we’ll set off out up into the Icefall and on to Camp 2 (6500m/21,325ft). From there we plan to take a rest day and then we will start making up the Lhotse Face to Camp 3 (7230m/23,720ft) and Camp 4 (7900m/25,919ft) and hopefully on to the summit (8848m/29,029ft) in a little less than a week. The forecast looks good and spirits are high with the team. Everyone’s pysched to get going and start our summit push.
So, it’s good night here in base camp and we’re looking forward to getting the climbing started.
We will be in touch as we make our way up the mountain!
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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 Everest team finished their last dropback rest day in Namche Bazaar and will fly back to Everest Base Camp tomorrow as reported by Everest guide Terray Sylvester:
Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 10th.
Today our climbers enjoyed their final rest day in Namche. Tomorrow we’ll fly back up to base camp to begin preparations for our summit push.
All is well here in Namche and we’ll be in touch!
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Today our Everest team had a chance to experience more of the unique culture of Nepal while continuing their dropback rest period before the upcoming push for the summit. Everest guide Terray Sylvester provides today’s expedition dispatch:
Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 9th.
Our climbers are still resting in Namche as part of their dropback. We’ll fly back to base camp on Wednesday, the 11th.
Today we hiked up to Khumjung, a village just a little ways above Namche. We visited the monastery there where the monks were in the process of reading the Kangyur. It is a 108 volume set of scriptures that tells the life of The Buddha. It happens just once a year and the reading rotates from monastery to monastery around the valley. So it was kind of a special occasion to catch it there. We listened to part of that and we also looked at the reputed Yeti scalp, which is in the monastery there in Khumjung. Then we walked back and had lunch in Namche.
Now we are just relaxing before bed. All in all it was a really pleasant day and we’re looking forward to another one tomorrow.
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Still soaking up the “rich, thick air” in Namche Bazaar, our Everest team continues their dropback period. Here’s Everest guide Terray Sylvester with today’s dispatch:
Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 8th.
Today we had another rest day in Namche. Folks took it easy, just like yesterday – haircuts, massages, hamburgers for lunch down at the Sherpa Barista, and some hikes and walks around town. Tomorrow we will have another rest day here.
So, all is well here in Namche Bazaar and we’ll be in touch!
Climber Carter Beck getting a haircut and beard trim (📸: @terray_s)
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The team continues to relax in Namche Bazaar as part of their “dropback” period. Everest guide Terray Sylvester provides today’s expedition dispatch:
Hello! This is Terray calling in for the Madison Mountaineering Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition. It’s May 7th.
I’m calling in from Namche Bazaar. Our Everest and Lhotse climbers are on the first day of their dropback here. We flew down from base camp yesterday and we’ll be here for a few more days resting and recuperating and preparing for our summit push.
It was a good day today – beautiful weather here in Namche, just a little bit of rain in the evening. But, really nice to wake up among the trees and greenery. People enjoyed the good food in town today – hamburgers and pastries, got hair cuts, massages, … So it’s been a really pleasant day!
We’ll be here for a few more days before flying back to base camp.
We’ll be in touch!
The team enjoying breakfast at the Panorama Lodge
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