{"id":17502,"date":"2017-07-24T15:44:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T23:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=17502"},"modified":"2017-07-24T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T23:44:12","slug":"phunuru-sherpa-visits-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/24\/everest\/phunuru-sherpa-visits-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Phunuru Sherpa Visits The USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 24, 2017<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17502 gallery-columns-4 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\/2017\/07\/IMG_1019.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17502]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1019-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1019-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1019-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1019-45x45.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-1-17503'>\n\t\t\t\tPhunuru taking in all in.\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\/2017\/07\/IMG_1030.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17502]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1030-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1030-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1030-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1030-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1030-45x45.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-1-17504'>\n\t\t\t\tYOSAR (Phunuru Sherpa)\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\/2017\/07\/IMG_1040.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17502]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1040-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1040-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1040-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1040-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1040-45x45.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-1-17505'>\n\t\t\t\tClimbing in Yosemite. (Phunuru 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='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1041.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17502]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1041-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1041-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1041-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1041-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_1041-45x45.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-1-17506'>\n\t\t\t\tYosimite selfie! (Phunuru Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>You might wonder what a high altitude sherpa climber from Nepal might be doing this summer.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, IMG Guide Phunuru Sherpa was in Yosemite Valley this past week training with the National Park Service Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) Team.\u00c2\u00a0 He reports a lot of great climbing and training up in the Tuolumne Pass area (above the haze from recent forest fires).\u00c2\u00a0 Next up for Phunuru is a visit to Texas and Colorado to see some friends, and then he is going up to Glacier National Park for more NPS rescue training.\u00c2\u00a0 Phunuru will be returning back to Nepal after that, to get ready for the IMG <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/putha-hiunchuli.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Putha Hiunchuli Expedition<\/a><\/span>.\u00c2\u00a0 Later this year he is also leading the IMG December <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/kilimanjaro.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kilimanjaro climb<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Simonson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 24, 2017 You might wonder what a high altitude sherpa climber from Nepal might be doing this summer.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, IMG Guide Phunuru Sherpa was in Yosemite Valley this past week training with the National Park Service Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) Team.\u00c2\u00a0 He reports a lot of great climbing and training up in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everest","category-guide-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17502","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=17502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17508,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17502\/revisions\/17508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}