{"id":13540,"date":"2015-03-03T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T23:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=13540"},"modified":"2015-06-22T16:16:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T00:16:13","slug":"snow-in-the-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/03\/everest\/snow-in-the-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow In The Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 3, 2015<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13540 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mingma-Tenzing-in-Phortse-snowstorm.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[13540]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mingma-Tenzing-in-Phortse-snowstorm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mingma Tenzing in Phortse snowstorm.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mingma-Tenzing-in-Phortse-snowstorm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mingma-Tenzing-in-Phortse-snowstorm-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mingma-Tenzing-in-Phortse-snowstorm-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mingma-Tenzing-in-Phortse-snowstorm-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-1-13541'>\n\t\t\t\tMingma Tenzing in Phortse snowstorm.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phunuru-and-Nima-Karma-at-AAC-in-NYC.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[13540]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phunuru-and-Nima-Karma-at-AAC-in-NYC-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Phunuru and Nima Karma at AAC in NYC\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phunuru-and-Nima-Karma-at-AAC-in-NYC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phunuru-and-Nima-Karma-at-AAC-in-NYC-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phunuru-and-Nima-Karma-at-AAC-in-NYC-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phunuru-and-Nima-Karma-at-AAC-in-NYC-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-1-13542'>\n\t\t\t\tPhunuru and Nima Karma at AAC in NYC\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phunurus-house-in-Phortse.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[13540]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phunurus-house-in-Phortse-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Phunuru&#039;s house in Phortse\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phunurus-house-in-Phortse-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Phunurus-house-in-Phortse-130x130.jpg 130w, 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href=\"http:\/\/www.americanalpineclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Alpine Club<\/a><\/span> meeting in New York.\u00c2\u00a0 Phunuru made it back to Nepal and flew up to Phortse just in time for the big snowstorm.\u00c2\u00a0 Sounds like the Khumbu has been hit hard.\u00c2\u00a0 It may be an inconvenience for now, but it is always good to get some early season snow up on the big hill.\u00c2\u00a0 Phunuru sent several photos from Phortse\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6check out waist deep Mingma Tenzing (who is 5&#8217;10&#8221;!).<\/p>\n<p>Ang Jangbu and our Kathmandu team have been packing food and gear are getting ready to send more loads up to Khumbu.\u00c2\u00a0 Phunuru will be working with our IMG sherpas up in Khumbu, as they start constructing our Everest Base Camp and moving our expedition loads uphill\u00c2\u00a0 (once everyone gets done digging out!).<\/p>\n<p>Eric Simonson<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>***Want more on IMG&#8217;s 2015 Everest Expedition? Follow the full <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/everest-south15.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">IMG 2015 Everest Blog here<\/a><\/span>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 3, 2015 With a nod to the old time weather report on Radio Nepal (and Ed Webster&#8217;s Everest book), we can report that we had a big dose of snow in Khumbu the last few days. 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