The Madison Mountaineering unclimbed peak expedition team is ready to make their push for the summit on a peak never before climbed by mankind, for a chance to etch their names into the mountaineering history books forever. The team moved from K2 base camp today, through the Godwin Austen Glacier, and into their advanced base camp at the base of the peak. Now, we’re settled into our tents with alarms set for an alpine start and will begin the climb in just a short time! Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this dispatch from the base of the route on the unclimbed peak:
Hello from our advanced base camp at the foot of our unclimbed peak objective! This morning we climbed here from K2 Base Camp (4968m/16,300ft), threading our way through the crevasses of the Godwin Austen Glacier between K2 (8611m/28,251ft) and Broad Peak (8051m/26,414ft). Now we’re resting for our alpine start early tomorrow morning. The team is doing well. We’ll be in touch tomorrow.
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.“
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