{"id":21204,"date":"2018-12-16T09:36:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T17:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=21204"},"modified":"2018-12-16T09:36:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T17:36:38","slug":"a-perfect-day-in-the-khumbu-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/16\/3-peaks-3-passes\/a-perfect-day-in-the-khumbu-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"A perfect day in the Khumbu Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December 16, 2018<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-21204 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><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\/2018\/12\/Hurray-from-Everest-View-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[21204]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hurray-from-Everest-View-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21206\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hurray-from-Everest-View-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hurray-from-Everest-View-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hurray-from-Everest-View-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hurray-from-Everest-View-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hurray-from-Everest-View-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hurray-from-Everest-View-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hurray-from-Everest-View-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21206'>\n\t\t\t\tHooray from Everest View (Sonam Dorje Sherpa)\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\/2018\/12\/Namaste-with-clear-skies-and-Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[21204]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Namaste-with-clear-skies-and-Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21208\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Namaste-with-clear-skies-and-Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Namaste-with-clear-skies-and-Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Namaste-with-clear-skies-and-Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Namaste-with-clear-skies-and-Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Namaste-with-clear-skies-and-Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Namaste-with-clear-skies-and-Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Namaste-with-clear-skies-and-Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21208'>\n\t\t\t\tNamaste with clear skies and Ama Dablam, Lhotse and Everest (Sonam Dorje Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Our December EBC Trek showed us what a perfect day in the Khumbu Valley looks like. The Team started the day with a good breakfast followed by an acclimatization hike to the Everest View Hotel.\u00c2\u00a0 Not a cloud in the sky for their first views of Ama Dablam, Lhotse and Mount Everest.\u00c2\u00a0 From the Everest View, the team trekked around to Khunde for lunch.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-21204 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><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\/2018\/12\/Kilimanjaro-reunion-in-Namche-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[21204]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kilimanjaro-reunion-in-Namche-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kilimanjaro-reunion-in-Namche-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kilimanjaro-reunion-in-Namche-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kilimanjaro-reunion-in-Namche-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kilimanjaro-reunion-in-Namche-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kilimanjaro-reunion-in-Namche-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kilimanjaro-reunion-in-Namche-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Kilimanjaro-reunion-in-Namche-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21207'>\n\t\t\t\tKilimanjaro reunion in Namche (Phunuru Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Upon returning to the lodge in Namche, a special reunion was had. Stay with me here&#8230;some of our December EBC Team climbed Kilimanjaro a couple years ago and their leader was IMG Guide Phunuru Sherpa.\u00c2\u00a0 Phunuru is on his way to Kathmandu to prepare for his upcoming climb of Kilimanjaro and stopped in to say hello to the team and have a mini reunion with his Kili climbers.<\/p>\n<p>Perfect weather and meeting friends.\u00c2\u00a0 That is a perfect day in the Khumbu Valley!<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 16, 2018 Our December EBC Trek showed us what a perfect day in the Khumbu Valley looks like. The Team started the day with a good breakfast followed by an acclimatization hike to the Everest View Hotel.\u00c2\u00a0 Not a cloud in the sky for their first views of Ama Dablam, Lhotse and Mount Everest.\u00c2\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3-peaks-3-passes","category-everest-trekking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21211,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21204\/revisions\/21211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}