Nov 13, 2015 | Mountaineering |
November 13, 2015 Kathmandu, Nepal Dear Family & Friends: We are all safely back at the Yak & Yeti celebrating another fantastic and magical experience in the Himalaya. This report will be brief because all 10 of my fingers are frost-nipped. They will heal...
Nov 12, 2015 | Mountaineering |
November 12, 2015 We finally heard from Bill late last night! He called his wife Sharon from Lukla and briefly reported that all is well and the trip was great. They were so exhausted after descending to Base Camp that they took a helicopter back to Lukla instead of...
Nov 11, 2015 | Mountaineering |
We have not yet personally heard from Bill (most likely due to no battery left in satellite phone), but Garrett Madison has corresponded with his team back home and has sent some amazing photos. The photo below is the rock wall that turned them around-I think they...
Nov 9, 2015 | Mountaineering |
We just received this info from Garrett’s support team… “The climbing team got extremely close to the summit and unfortunately had to head back due to a very dangerous rock face. They believed the rock shelf was prone to falling. They are now headed...
Nov 9, 2015 | Mountaineering |
Garrett Madison, the team’s expedition leader, had this update posted to his website last night: “Yesterday Garrett & Sid, along with four of our climbing Sherpas went up from Camp 1 to work on fixing lines to the summit ridge. This was a slow and...
Nov 8, 2015 | Mountaineering |
November 8, 2015 Camp 1-East Buttress of Burke-Khang Following is the transcription of the audio report from Camp 1. You can listen to the audio report below. “Namaste everyone it’s Bill Burke at Camp 1….the east buttress of Burke-Khang. We came up...
Nov 6, 2015 | Mountaineering |
November 6, 2015 Advance Base Camp Namaste Family & Friends: Yesterday, we moved up to Advance Base Camp near Burke-Khang. The move across the Ngozumpa Glacier and up the Guanara Glacier was long and difficult. The entire trip took about 9 hours. We were all tired...
Nov 3, 2015 | Mountaineering |
Burke-Khang Base Camp November 3, 2015 Namaste Family & Friends: Today is Garrett Madison’s 37th birthday. Happy Birthday Garrett! As a member of this tight climbing and trekking group, Garrett is more of a brother than a guide. We love you Garrett....
Nov 1, 2015 | Mountaineering |
November 2, 2015 Burke-Khang Base Camp Namaste Family & Friends: On October 30, we all arrived at Burke-Khang Base Camp in fine form. We celebrated Halloween in even finer form, as you can see from the photos. In the afternoon, we had our Puja, which is a prayer...
Oct 30, 2015 | Mountaineering |
October 31, 2015 Gokyo Lake #5 Click below to listen to the audio report- wait a few seconds as the audio loads.
