K2 2021: Post Summit Interview with Garrett Madison
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Garrett Madison, founder of Madison Mountaineering has now summited K2 three times. Only one other person has more. This is his sixth expedition to K2 making him the most experienced western operator to run regular trips to the Northern Terrorities of Pakistan. He was the leader for the 21 person team who submitted on July 28, 2018, at approximately 6:07 AM PKT (local time):
We discussed his team summit plus the latest on finding the bodies of the 3 missing winter climbers. And an update on the West Ridge effort - it's not over.
In Garret's own words:
"Yesterday our whole team stood atop the world’s 2nd highest peak, today we all reached base camp safely. We were very lucky with not even a breath of wind at the summit, clear views in all directions, and excellent route conditions. It was spectacular!
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In a season where most teams canceled their K2 expedition plans due to Covid travel restrictions, we found a way to make it happen thanks to great partners, persistence, and a positive attitude. We had the mountain and route nearly all to ourselves compared to the last time I was here during a ‘normal’ season in 2019.
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Things went so smoothly and ahead of schedule once we arrived in Pakistan just over a month ago that I was nervous something unanticipated would stop us dead in our tracks…or worse. But the mountain opened its arms and welcomed us to the top, granting us a 5-day weather window to make our summit bid. Our @madisonmtng Sherpa / Pakistani team worked tirelessly with the other Sherpa team here and got the route fixing done, a major component of our success on K2.
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K2 is likely the world’s most deadly mountain with a ~25% death rate (deaths on attempt vs summits). K2 and Annapurna have traded places as the world’s most deadly peak in recent years…Currently, only I and 2 other climbers have reached the top of K2 three times (a Pakistani and a Nepalese Sherpa). I’ve never lost a client or staff member on K2, but I’ve seen others perish here. It’s a lot more rugged and dangerous than climbing Mount Everest, to say the least. We’ve had a few ‘near misses’ with rockfall and avalanches but all okay so far.
I’m grateful we are all down safe from our climb on the ‘Savage Mountain’!"
Climb On!
Alan
Memories are Everything
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This guy has submitted Everest 11 times (out of 14 attempts) and K2 - 3 times out of 6 - wow - what a feat. And literal years' worth of effort. Impressive. Thanks for the interview.
@saltydog6241
2 жыл бұрын
Certified badass.
THESE INTERVIEWS ARE FASCINATING!
@laurathompson5138
2 жыл бұрын
Ikr!!! I don't even climb and I'm checking for Alan's updates every day 😂
Amazing interview Alan, love your updates! How incredible that there's Internet at K2 now 🥰
legendary man keep going on great life
Thank you Alan for taking us to K2 basecamp one more time. it was a good chat with Garret.
He makes it sound like a stroll. He looks so healthy he could go again!
Thanks Alan! I've been been fan of your reports since my trek to EBC in 2018. I think it would be important to find out what happened to Ali Sadpara's group. Please interview and investigate!
@AlanArnetteClimbs
2 жыл бұрын
Take a listen to today's interview with Garrett.
Thank you, Alan, and congratulations, Garrett!
I love these interviews. They are so interesting. Thank you Alan.
Remarkable Man
Wow! I had Garrett has a guide and teacher on a mt Rainer 6 day expedition seminar way back before he ever climbed mt Everest or K2. Great guy, teacher, and guide
best channel on youtube
He still looks the same!!
lots of love from Pakistan
It is always hard to hear about the deaths. It reminds about how dangerous this is even when someone has a great day with few challenges.
You are summit K2 in 2014 yes or No??
@AlanArnetteClimbs
2 жыл бұрын
yes, July 27, 2014
@muhammadfarooq9666
2 жыл бұрын
@@AlanArnetteClimbs it's so difficult to summit K2 you are LUCKY...
@AlanArnetteClimbs
2 жыл бұрын
We worked hard, invested years of training to gain the proper experience to attempt K2. The weather was good for us. We had an excellent team. Yes, we were lucky.
His body looks used😂😂 RIP to those that died i wonder i thought every climber is assigned a sherpa to help or those guys were so experienced that they don't need sherpas?
thats stupid , go get a life , summitting a deadly mountain 3 times . go summit another 8 thousand meters instead Waste a time . Everybody is focusing in world records instead of new experiences and real adventures.
@AlanArnetteClimbs
2 жыл бұрын
He’s a professional guide, so it’s a job not a hobby or record seeker. Be kind.
@BabbittdaWabbitt
2 жыл бұрын
@@AlanArnetteClimbs But Martin has soloed Mt. Rainier !
@m1k119
2 жыл бұрын
@@AlanArnetteClimbs @BabbittdaWabbit , Alain and Garret are much better climber than me . but thats not the point