THIS IS SPECIAL!!!! Garrett Madison, who is recognized as one of the most accomplished Everest guides in history, spoke with me LIVE from the summit of Everest on May 23, 2025. He has personally reached the summit of Mount Everest 15 times and, as expedition leader, has guided more than 80 clients to the top since 2009—more than any other foreign guide. We spoke at his 15th summit today, May 23, 2025.
Summit Interview with Garrett Madison
Garrett Madison is recognized as one of the most accomplished Everest guides in history. He has personally reached the summit of Mount Everest 14 times and, as expedition leader, has guided more than 80 clients to the top since 2009—more than any other foreign guide. We spoke from his 15th summit today, May 23, 2025:
Climb On!
Alan
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Previous Everest 2025 Season Coverage Posts
- Everest 2025: LIVE Summit Interview with Garrett Madison
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- Everest 2025: Two More Deaths, along with Windy Summits
- Everest 2025: Winds are Retuning –Summit Now or Later?
- Everest 2025: Weekend Update May 18–Summit, Summits and Preventable Deaths
- Everest 2025: More Everest Summits and A Death Reported
- Everest 2025: Mass Everest Summits, with More to Come
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- Everest 2025: Weekend Update May 11–Summit, Summits and more Summits
- Everest 2025: Lhotse Summits, Everest Soon & Anticipation
- Everest 2025: Managing the Crowds for a “Summit Weekend”
- Everest 2025: Pumori Avalanche, Makalu Death
- Everest 2025: Weekend Update May 4–Waiting on the Ropes
- Everest 2025: Climbers to Watch and a Death on Ama Dablam
- Everest 2025: Weekend Update May 4–On the Move!
- Everest 2025: Climbers to Watch and a Death on Ama Dablam
- Everest 2025: Weekend Update April 27–On the Move!
- Everest 2025: Remembering The Day Nepal Shook–10 Years Later
- Everest 2025: When Will They Summit?
- Everest 2025: Weekend Update April 20–Base Camp Sprawl
- Everest 2025: April 18, A Day to Remember
- Annapurna 2025: Podcast with John Black on Sherpa Deaths
- Everest 2025: Weekend Update April 11
- Annapurna 2025: Summit and Missing Sherpas
- Everest 2025: Weekend Update April 6
- Annapurna 2025: Risky Decisions – April 5 Update
- Everest 2025: Weekend Update March 30
- Everest 2025: Weekend Update March 23
- Everest 2025: Welcome to Everest 2025 Coverage – an introduction to the Everest 2025 Spring season
Background
- Everest by the Numbers: 2025 Edition – A deep dive into Everest statistics as compiled by the Himalayan Database
- Comparing the Routes of Everest: 2025 Edition – A detailed look at Everest’s routes, commercial, standard and non-standard
- How Much Does it Cost to Climb Everest: 2025 Edition – My annual review of what it costs to climb Everest solo, unsupported, and guided
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11 thoughts on “Everest 2025: LIVE Summit Interview with Garrett Madison”
Madison is first class guide
Agreed
Whoa! This video is amazing! Thanks again you for doing this!
Thanks. Amazing technology.
That is one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen! Congratulations to both of you, but especially to Garrett. He’s amazing.
Thanks Robert!
Wow, Alan, thank-you! This interview brought tears to my eyes. You and Garrett Madison really did share something special, very rare and rich with your followers. I’m so grateful folks turned around with wisdom, and there was no bottle neck from the Hillary Step to the summit, avoiding deaths. Maybe some can try again in the next good weather window. Stunning interview! Humility and grace shown through, hearts to hearts!
Thans Robyn. Garret is something special in the mountaineering world.
that was GREAT. I shivered with the excitement in Garret’s voice. Huge congrats.
thanks for this Alan.
Pretty cool, right!! Thanks Deb.
Alan,Thanks for recording and posting this. I was up early
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