{"id":37508,"date":"2020-11-23T05:57:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T12:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=37508"},"modified":"2021-02-19T17:28:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T00:28:10","slug":"garrett-madison-discusses-everest-hanging-serac-2020-ama-dablam-lawsuit-and-everest-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/23\/garrett-madison-discusses-everest-hanging-serac-2020-ama-dablam-lawsuit-and-everest-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrett Madison Discusses: Everest Hanging Serac, 2020 Ama Dablam, Lawsuit and Everest 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garrett Madison, founder, and owner of Madison Mounntianeering was one of a handful of commercial guides who climbed in Nepal thus far in 2020. Also, unique was his Autumn 2019 Everest attempt where a teetering serac created significant danger for his team resulting in him canceling the climb. I caught up with him between expeditions to discuss these climbs plus an update on a lawsuit he recently won and the prospects for Everest 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is the serac has fallen leaving a massive scar in the Khumbu Icefall. If anyone had been there, we would have seen casualties similar to 2014. Garrett&#8217;s Ama Dablam team enjoyed 100% success and he is positive on 2021 climbing prospects. For Ama, his team quarantined in Kathmandu for six days and took two COVID-19 tests, both came back negative for all.<\/p>\n<p>As for the lawsuit, we discuss it in detail but after the interview was recorded, Garrett told me, &#8220;The CA lawsuit was dismissed by the judge and he has to pay our legal costs.&#8221; Adding, &#8220;&#8230;\u00a0never thought I&#8217;d get sued for being &#8220;too conservative and safety conscious&#8221; on a climb!.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now on to the interview:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Garrett Madison Discusses: Everest Hanging Serac, 2020 Ama Dablam, Lawsuit and Everest 2021<\/strong><br \/>\n<div id=\"kgvid_kgvid_0_wrapper\" class=\"kgvid_wrapper kgvid_wrapper_auto_left kgvid_wrapper_auto_right\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"video_kgvid_0_div\" class=\"fitvidsignore kgvid_videodiv\" data-id=\"kgvid_0\" data-kgvid_video_vars=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;kgvid_0&quot;,&quot;attachment_id&quot;:0,&quot;player_type&quot;:&quot;Video.js v8&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;360&quot;,&quot;fullwidth&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;fixed_aspect&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;countable&quot;:false,&quot;count_views&quot;:&quot;start_complete&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;pauseothervideos&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;set_volume&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;muted&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:true,&quot;endofvideooverlay&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.alanarnette.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/summitcoach-e1483568572550.jpg&quot;,&quot;resize&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;auto_res&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;pixel_ratio&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;right_click&quot;:false,&quot;playback_rate&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Interview%20with%20Garrett%20Madison%20November%202020.mp4%20&quot;,&quot;skip_buttons&quot;:[],&quot;nativecontrolsfortouch&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;enable_resolutions_plugin&quot;:false}\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Everest-Serac-2019-1.jpeg\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Interview%20with%20Garrett%20Madison%20November%202020.mp4%20\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Interview%20with%20Garrett%20Madison%20November%202020.mp4%20\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Interview%20with%20Garrett%20Madison%20November%202020.mp4%20\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Video\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-11-23T05:57:51-07:00\">\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"video_kgvid_0\" playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Everest-Serac-2019-1.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"fitvidsignore video-js kg-video-js-skin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Interview%20with%20Garrett%20Madison%20November%202020.mp4%20?id=0\" type=\"video\/mp4\" data-res=\"Full\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div style=\"display:none\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_meta\" class=\"kgvid_video_meta kgvid_video_meta_hover kgvid_no_title_meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class='kgvid_meta_icons'><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the time and beta Garrett!<\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<br \/>\nMemories are Everything<br \/>\nAlan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garrett Madison Interview: Rare 2020 summit in Nepal. 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