{"id":17991,"date":"2017-10-16T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=17991"},"modified":"2017-10-16T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T16:14:00","slug":"ama-dablam-3x3-and-2x2-teams-in-phakding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/16\/ama-dablam\/ama-dablam-3x3-and-2x2-teams-in-phakding\/","title":{"rendered":"Ama Dablam, 3&#215;3, and 2&#215;2 Teams in Phakding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 16, 2017<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-17991 gallery-columns-4 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\/2017\/10\/2017-IMG-Ama-Dablam-3X3-2X2-Team-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17991]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-IMG-Ama-Dablam-3X3-2X2-Team-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"2017 IMG Ama Dablam, 3X3, 2X2 Team (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-IMG-Ama-Dablam-3X3-2X2-Team-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-IMG-Ama-Dablam-3X3-2X2-Team-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-IMG-Ama-Dablam-3X3-2X2-Team-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-IMG-Ama-Dablam-3X3-2X2-Team-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-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-1-17992'>\n\t\t\t\t2017 IMG Ama Dablam, 3X3, 2X2 Team (Ang Jangbu 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\/10\/Rooftop-Meeting-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[17991]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rooftop-Meeting-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Rooftop Meeting (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rooftop-Meeting-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rooftop-Meeting-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-130x130.jpg 130w, 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(Ang Pasang Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-to-be-in-Lukla-Time-to-eat-Ang-Pasang-Sherpa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-to-be-in-Lukla-Time-to-eat-Ang-Pasang-Sherpa-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-to-be-in-Lukla-Time-to-eat-Ang-Pasang-Sherpa-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-to-be-in-Lukla-Time-to-eat-Ang-Pasang-Sherpa-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-1-17995'>\n\t\t\t\tHappy to be in Lukla, Time to eat! (Ang Pasang Sherpa)\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 busy weekend for our Teams in Nepal.\u00c2\u00a0 While our Mera Peak Team hit the trail, our Ama Dablam Team and 3X3\/2X2 Teams were doing gear checks and having the rooftop meeting.\u00c2\u00a0 All went well and the Teams prepared to launch from KTM.\u00c2\u00a0 With the clouds coming and going from Lukla and KTM, the Teams made the decision to jump on Helicopters and get to Lukla.\u00c2\u00a0 Great decision!\u00c2\u00a0 Everyone made it into Lukla with their gear and had a great trek to Phakding.<\/p>\n<p>Austin and Harry checked in to let us know that the weather was perfect and the Team is doing great.\u00c2\u00a0 The walk to Phakding is not very strenuous and getting the fresh air in the mountains is a welcomed feeling after being on Airplanes for the last couple days.\u00c2\u00a0 Everyone is excited to get a good night sleep and take on the Namche Hill in the morning.\u00c2\u00a0 The schedule for tomorrow is up at 6am for coffee, pack the trekking duffle and have it ready for the porters before breakfast.\u00c2\u00a0 This Team has an extra bonus.\u00c2\u00a0 Long time IMG Sherpa Ang Pasang is trekking with them.\u00c2\u00a0 Ang Pasang lives in Pangboche and has as much knowledge on climbing Ama Dablam as well as many other peaks in the Himalaya.<\/p>\n<p>All is well in the Khumbu Valley!<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 16, 2017 &nbsp; It has been a busy weekend for our Teams in Nepal.\u00c2\u00a0 While our Mera Peak Team hit the trail, our Ama Dablam Team and 3X3\/2X2 Teams were doing gear checks and having the rooftop meeting.\u00c2\u00a0 All went well and the Teams prepared to launch from KTM.\u00c2\u00a0 With the clouds coming and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3-peaks-3-passes","category-ama-dablam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17991","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=17991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17998,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17991\/revisions\/17998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}