{"id":14465,"date":"2015-10-30T09:27:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T17:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=14465"},"modified":"2015-10-30T09:28:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T17:28:44","slug":"tough-conditions-on-lobuche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/30\/lobuche\/tough-conditions-on-lobuche\/","title":{"rendered":"Tough Conditions On Lobuche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 30, 2015<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14465 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><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\/10\/Snowy-Phortse-Ang-Jangbu.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[14465]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Snowy-Phortse-Ang-Jangbu-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Snowy Phortse (Ang Jangbu)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Snowy-Phortse-Ang-Jangbu-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Snowy-Phortse-Ang-Jangbu-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Snowy-Phortse-Ang-Jangbu-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Snowy-Phortse-Ang-Jangbu-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-1-14466'>\n\t\t\t\tSnowy Phortse (Ang Jangbu)\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\/10\/Cedric-HC-looking-at-Ama-Dablam.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[14465]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cedric-HC-looking-at-Ama-Dablam-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Looking towards Ama Dablam From Lobuche (Cedric Gamble)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cedric-HC-looking-at-Ama-Dablam-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cedric-HC-looking-at-Ama-Dablam-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cedric-HC-looking-at-Ama-Dablam-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cedric-HC-looking-at-Ama-Dablam-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-1-14467'>\n\t\t\t\tLooking towards Ama Dablam From Lobuche (Cedric Gamble)\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\/10\/Cedric-LBC-to-Pheriche.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[14465]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cedric-LBC-to-Pheriche-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heading to Pheriche from Lobuche Base Camp (Cedric Gamble)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cedric-LBC-to-Pheriche-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cedric-LBC-to-Pheriche-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cedric-LBC-to-Pheriche-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cedric-LBC-to-Pheriche-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-1-14468'>\n\t\t\t\tHeading to Pheriche from Lobuche Base Camp (Cedric Gamble)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It has been a hard fought couple of days on Lobuche.\u00c2\u00a0 The team woke up to a snowstorm on their first night at High Camp but had enough supplies and energy to hang tight and look at trying again the following night.<\/p>\n<p>With wintery route conditions, the team set out for the summit of Lobuche early this morning.\u00c2\u00a0 Moving slow over the ice and snow covered rocks, Craig evaluated the route with every step and upon arriving at one of the steeper rock slabs made the decision with the team that this was far enough.\u00c2\u00a0 The conditions were rock slab with a thick layer of ice and about 6-8 inches of snow covering it all.<\/p>\n<p>After descending to Lobuche Base Camp, some of the team has decided to head down valley towards Lukla and a few other members of the team have elected to give Lobuche one more shot tomorrow.\u00c2\u00a0 We will keep you posted on the team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s progress up and down the valley.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 30, 2015 &nbsp; It has been a hard fought couple of days on Lobuche.\u00c2\u00a0 The team woke up to a snowstorm on their first night at High Camp but had enough supplies and energy to hang tight and look at trying again the following night. 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