Madhu Chikkaraju

Guide: Washington, Alaska

Madhu’s love for the outdoors began as a child exploring the granite domes of his hometown of Bangalore in Southern India. His first journey to the Himalayas in 1999 inspired him to explore high altitude mountain ranges across the world. Madhu started to work as a field instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School in 2006 where he has worked 225 weeks teaching students mountaineering and rock climbing skills. Madhu has led expeditions in India’s Kumaon & Garwhal Himalaya, Chilean Patagonia, Wyoming’s Wind River Range, North Cascades, Alaska, and the Waddington Range of British Columbia.

When he is not working in the mountains, Madhu enjoys paragliding, working on his farm in India, hanging out in his tiny house with his wife, and playing on the granite rocks in his current home of Leavenworth, WA.

Significant Ascents

India
Month long high-altitude expedition in Kumaon Himalaya (traversing over 17500feet passes from Greater to Trans Himalaya, 6x guiding)
Unnamed Peak, 19400 ft, Sikkim Himalaya
Ralam valley expedition high- altitude mountaineering 18000feet. (personal)

USA

Cascades:
Eldorado Peak (2x guiding)
Mt. Baker via Squak & Talum Glacier (5x guiding)
Mt. Shuksan via Sulfide Glacier (guiding)
Mt. Rainier via Disappointment Cleaver
Glacier Peak via White chuck/Suiattle/Chocolate Glacier(3x guiding)
Ptarmigan Traverse.
Colchuck Peak.
Prussik Peak.

Alaska:
Denali, West Buttress (guiding)

Rockies: Gannett Peak via Gooseneck Glacier (2x guiding)

South America:
Crossing of Northern Patagonia Icefield (Steffen – Colonia Glacier – guiding)

Certifications

Wilderness First Responder & CPR
Avalanche Level 1
Leave No Trace Master Educator

ALPINE ASCENTS BLOG

Staying Hydrated in the Backcountry

Sometimes the harsh environment encountered in mountaineering can make even the simplest tasks difficult. Staying hydrated is a perfect example – something that is among the most banal of tasks in the lowcountry can become exceedingly complicated in a cold, snowy environment. When all available water is locked up in solid form as snow or […]
KNOTS AND HITCHES: THE WATER KNOT

The following is the fifth in a series of “how-to” videos on the major knots and hitches used in the mountains. Stay tuned for more videos on knots like the bowline and ring bend, and hitches like the Klemheist and Prusik! The water knot is a simple knot used to tie two ends of webbing […]
Knots and Hitches: The Figure 8 Follow Through

The following is the fifth in a series of “how-to” videos on the major knots and hitches we use in the mountains. Stay tuned for more videos on knots like the bowline, ring bend- and hitches like the Klemheist & Prusik! The Figure 8 follow through is a standard knot used for many different purposes […]

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