All climbers, guides, and Sherpa from the 2019 Madison Mountaineering Everest expedition have safely returned to base camp. More details and recap of the climb coming soon…
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The Everest team has safely descended down the Lhotse face from the South Col to advanced base camp (ABC), Camp 2. Here’s Garrett with the sat phone dispatch from 6500m Camp 2:
Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Everest climbing team. Today is May 24th. We all made it down to Camp 2, our advanced base camp here on Mount Everest. We has a very good day coming down from the South Col high camp. We climbed down past Camp 3 on our way to Camp 2. We all made it safe, all the climbers, guides, and Sherpa.
So, we are here and we just had a nice dinner and we’re tucked into our tents now for a good night’s rest. And tomorrow our plan is to depart Camp 2 at 6:00 AM and head down through the Khumbu Icefall to Everest base camp. So, all’s well here and we’re looking forward to checking in from base camp tomorrow. Thanks!
(photo: Madison Mountaineering archives)
Congratulations to our Everest team for reaching the top of the world! All of the team is now safely back at Camp 4 on the South Col. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, provides the happy news:
Hello, this is Garrett calling in for the Everest team. Today is May 23rd and today we summitted Mount Everest! [garbled] We left about 9:30 PM from our high camp here at the South Col near 26,000 ft. and climbed through the night up the Triangular face to The Balcony and then up the South East ridge over the rock bands to the South Summit and then crossed the summit ridge, up the Hillary Step and then the summit! We reached the summit just after 5:00 AM with the last of our members reaching the summit about 8:00 AM.
So, it was a nice day – a little windy and a little chilly up there – but everybody did really good. The most important thing is that everybody made it back down to high camp this afternoon. So, we are all back in high camp, safe and sound. We are looking forward to descending down to Camp 2 tomorrow night and then base camp the following day on May 25th. All’s well here at high camp! Thanks for checking in.
We are pleased to announce the following members of the 2019 Madison Mountaineering Everest expedition successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest (8,848 m / 29,029 ft) on May 23, 2019, at approximately 6:30 AM NPT (local time).
| # | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ms. Nadhira Alharthy | Oman |
| 2 | Ms. Nelly Attar | Lebanon |
| 3 | Ms. Joyce Azzam | Lebanon |
| 4 | Mr. Sherief Elabd | Egypt |
| 5 | Mr. Wojciech Falkowski | Poland |
| 6 | Mr. Chad Gaston | USA |
| 7 | Mr. Elia Saikaly | Canada |
| 8 | Ms. Mona Shahab | Saudi Arabia |
| 9 | Mr. Garrett Madison | USA |
| 10 | Mr. Conan Bliss | USA |
| 11 | Mr. Stuart Robertson | United Kingdom |
| 12 | Mr. Aang Phurba Sherpa | Nepal |
| 13 | Mr. Phurba Ridar Bhote | Nepal |
| 14 | Mr. Pasdawa Sherpa | Nepal |
| 15 | Mr. Lakpa Bhote | Nepal |
| 16 | Mr. Siddhi Bahadur Tamang | Nepal |
| 17 | Mr. Ming Dorchi Sherpa | Nepal |
| 18 | Mr. Kul Bahadur Thapamagar | Nepal |
| 19 | Mr. Phree Chhombi Sherpa | Nepal |
| 20 | Mr. Sher Bahadur Thapamagar | Nepal |
| 21 | Mr. Dorchi Bhote | Nepal |
| 22 | Mr. Nima Lhaten Lama | Nepal |
| 23 | Mr. Prem Magar | Nepal |
| 24 | Mr. Tenzi Sherpa | Nepal |
| 25 | Mr. Lenduk Lhomi | Nepal |
| 26 | Mr. Dawa Nurbu Sherpa | Nepal |
| 27 | Mr. Pasang Dawa Sherpa | Nepal |
| 28 | Mr. Chhiring Bhote | Nepal |
| 29 | Mr. Pasang Kaji Sherpa | Nepal |
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We will provide more details as we have them! Stay tuned.
This just in from expedition leader, Garrett Madison. Our third and final expedition of the season reached the Mount Vinson summit making 3 for 3!
Hello, this is Garrett calling in for Mount Vinson expedition with Jim Lumberg and Garrett Madison. Today is January 18th and we summited Mount Vinson today! We had a beautiful summit day with the mountain all to ourselves. We are back at High Camp about to have some pad thai dehydrated meals.
Our plan is to head down tomorrow to Vinson Base Camp and hopefully soon catch a flight to back to Union Glacier Camp. It’s been a great climb so far. We just have to get down the steep fixed rope section tomorrow and down on to Vinson Base Camp.
All is well here and it’s been a wonderful expedition! This is Garrett Madison and Madison Mountaineering in collaboration with PolarExplorers.
(photo: Madison Mountaineering 2019 team two)
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- 2019 Vinson team two in Punta Arenas
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- Happy 2019 from Union Glacier Camp, Antarctica
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- Hauling sleds to Mount Vinson Low Camp
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- Climbing to Mount Vinson High Camp
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- All smiles for our team on the summit of Mount Vinson!
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- Vinson summit happiness!
100% summit success reported by expedition leader Garrett Madison:
Hello! This is Garrett calling in for the Mount Vinson expedition team two. Today, January 10th, our entire team made it up to the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. We got to the top around 4:00 PM today – myself, Conan Bliss, Shawn, Fon, Linda, and Paul. We had a great day, nice views from the top, a little breezy up there, but not too bad. Everyone made it safe back down to High Camp. We had a good dinner here at High Camp: some salmon and some potatoes and noodles.
Our plan is to head down to Vinson Base Camp tomorrow, on the 11th of January. And then, from there, hopefully soon after to Union Glacier Camp. Everyone is doing great, we had a wonderful summit day, very thankful for the good weather and that everyone made it to the top and back down safely. We will check-in soon.
(photo: Madison Mountaineering archives – reusing last’s year’s summit pose — we will post photo’s when the team is back in Chile)