Alpine Ascents Expedition Leader Garrett Madison is currently one of three people to have summited two 8,000 meter peaks in under 24 hours. Tonight he looks to be the first person to do it twice! Garrett will be joined by guide Ben Jones and climbers Michael Grigsby, Woody Bailey, and Martin Grieder. All five of them summited Mt. Everest this morning between 7:35 and 7:58am. They have been resting in the South Col all day, hydrating and preparing for another night of high altitude climbing. They will also have help tonight from members of our Sherpa team whom were resting in Camp 2 last night during our teams Everest Summit push.
They plan to depart the South Col at 11pm tonight giving them just over 8 hours to climb the 8,516 meter peak...the fourth highest in the world. If they are successful they will more than double the number of climbers to have climbed two 8,000 meter peaks in a single day, yet there will still only be 7 total. The weather looks good as we gear up for another night of climbing with Alpine Ascents.
Stay tuned.
Lhotse, rising above the Western Cwm
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