{"id":13921,"date":"2015-07-27T15:06:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T23:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=13921"},"modified":"2015-07-27T15:06:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T23:06:23","slug":"alps-classics-program-off-on-the-right-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/27\/alps\/alps-classics-program-off-on-the-right-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Alps Classics Program Off On The Right Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 27, 2015<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13921 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0169-00000002-e1438037228964.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[13921]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0169-00000002-e1438037228964-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Climbing on the Rifflehorn. (Liz Smart)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13922\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0169-00000002-e1438037228964-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0169-00000002-e1438037228964-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0169-00000002-e1438037228964-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0169-00000002-e1438037228964-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13922'>\n\t\t\t\tClimbing on the Rifflehorn. (Liz Smart)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0179-00000002.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[13921]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0179-00000002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The team poses on top of the Rifflehorn with the Matterhorn in the background. (Liz Smart)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13923\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0179-00000002-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0179-00000002-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0179-00000002-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0179-00000002-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13923'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team poses on top of the Rifflehorn with the Matterhorn in the background. (Liz Smart)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>IMG guide Liz Smart sent us a couple of photos from the first day of training for the Alps Classics program, July 26-August 6.<\/p>\n<p>The team did a rock climbing practice today on the Rifflehorn, a local outcrop just off the Gornergrat railway. The rest of the program does not involve serious rock climbing, but a bit of practice goes a long way towards helping the team on rocky scramble sections of the peaks they do. The team will hike in to the Almageller Hut today for a climb of the Weissmies tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>George Dunn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 27, 2015 IMG guide Liz Smart sent us a couple of photos from the first day of training for the Alps Classics program, July 26-August 6. The team did a rock climbing practice today on the Rifflehorn, a local outcrop just off the Gornergrat railway. 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