{"id":14260,"date":"2015-09-28T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T22:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=14260"},"modified":"2015-10-02T10:35:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:35:44","slug":"simo-checked-in-from-pangom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/28\/everest\/simo-checked-in-from-pangom\/","title":{"rendered":"Simo Checked In From Pangom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 28, 2015<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14260 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Numbur-Karyolung-Tengkangpoche-Kongde-from-Pangom.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[14260]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Numbur-Karyolung-Tengkangpoche-Kongde-from-Pangom-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Numbur Karyolung Tengkangpoche Kongde from Pangom (Eric Simonson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Numbur-Karyolung-Tengkangpoche-Kongde-from-Pangom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Numbur-Karyolung-Tengkangpoche-Kongde-from-Pangom-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Numbur-Karyolung-Tengkangpoche-Kongde-from-Pangom-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Numbur-Karyolung-Tengkangpoche-Kongde-from-Pangom-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-1-14263'>\n\t\t\t\tNumbur Karyolung Tengkangpoche Kongde from Pangom (Eric Simonson)\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='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Loading-the-heli-in-Kathmandu.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[14260]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Loading-the-heli-in-Kathmandu-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Loading the heli in Kathmandu (Eric Simonson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Loading-the-heli-in-Kathmandu-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Loading-the-heli-in-Kathmandu-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Loading-the-heli-in-Kathmandu-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Loading-the-heli-in-Kathmandu-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-1-14264'>\n\t\t\t\tLoading the heli in Kathmandu (Eric Simonson)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-Peak-route-2.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[14260]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-Peak-route-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Map overview of the route.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-Peak-route-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-Peak-route-2-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-Peak-route-2-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-Peak-route-2-45x45.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-1-14265'>\n\t\t\t\tMap overview of the route.\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='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-route-on-Google-Earth.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[14260]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-route-on-Google-Earth-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mera route on Google Earth\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-route-on-Google-Earth-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-route-on-Google-Earth-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-route-on-Google-Earth-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Mera-route-on-Google-Earth-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-1-14266'>\n\t\t\t\tMera route on Google Earth\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>IMG Partner Eric Simonson checked in last night from just above Pangom (9,000 feet) in the Hinku Valley. That&#8217;s right, IMG Himalayan Program Director Eric Simonson is in Nepal and looking forward to climbing Mera Peak in the next couple weeks. Mera Peak is a moderate climb by Himalayan standards (21,000ft \/ 6500m) but the route takes them up some big glaciers and any mountain that tall we take pretty seriously.<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to visiting this valley, which is just to the east of the Khumbu Valley, in the future, so who better to send over to take a look at it than Eric.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 28, 2015 IMG Partner Eric Simonson checked in last night from just above Pangom (9,000 feet) in the Hinku Valley. That&#8217;s right, IMG Himalayan Program Director Eric Simonson is in Nepal and looking forward to climbing Mera Peak in the next couple weeks. Mera Peak is a moderate climb by Himalayan standards (21,000ft \/ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everest","category-mera-peak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14267,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14260\/revisions\/14267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}