{"id":20472,"date":"2018-10-11T12:37:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T20:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=20472"},"modified":"2018-10-19T13:52:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T21:52:57","slug":"island-peak-summits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/11\/mera-peak\/island-peak-summits\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Peak Summits!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 11, 2018<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20473\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Climbers-on-Island-Peak-seen-from-the-helicopter.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[20472]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20473\" class=\"wp-image-20473 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Climbers-on-Island-Peak-seen-from-the-helicopter-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Climbers on Island Peak from the helicopter (Eric Simonson)\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Climbers-on-Island-Peak-seen-from-the-helicopter.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Climbers-on-Island-Peak-seen-from-the-helicopter-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Climbers-on-Island-Peak-seen-from-the-helicopter-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Climbers-on-Island-Peak-seen-from-the-helicopter-940x626.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Climbers-on-Island-Peak-seen-from-the-helicopter-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Climbers-on-Island-Peak-seen-from-the-helicopter-195x130.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climbers on Island Peak from the helicopter (Eric Simonson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We received word from IMG Sherpa Guides Phinjo and Tashi Palden overnight from the summit of Island Peak. The team had a great climb with very little traffic. The entire team reached the summit and is now back down at Base Camp.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20475\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-summit-slope-on-Island-Peak.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[20472]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20475\" class=\"wp-image-20475 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-summit-slope-on-Island-Peak-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Summit slope on Island Peak (Eric Simonson)\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-summit-slope-on-Island-Peak.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-summit-slope-on-Island-Peak-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-summit-slope-on-Island-Peak-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-summit-slope-on-Island-Peak-940x626.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-summit-slope-on-Island-Peak-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-summit-slope-on-Island-Peak-195x130.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Summit slope on Island Peak (Eric Simonson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a good trek and some acclimatization, the team familiarized themselves with their climbing gear and had a great climb on Island peak.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20474\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Island-Peak-in-forground-with-south-face_of_Lhotse_behind.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[20472]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20474\" class=\"wp-image-20474 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Island-Peak-in-forground-with-south-face_of_Lhotse_behind-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Island Peak in the foreground with the South Face of Lhotse behind (Eric Simonson)\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Island-Peak-in-forground-with-south-face_of_Lhotse_behind.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Island-Peak-in-forground-with-south-face_of_Lhotse_behind-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Island-Peak-in-forground-with-south-face_of_Lhotse_behind-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Island-Peak-in-forground-with-south-face_of_Lhotse_behind-940x626.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Island-Peak-in-forground-with-south-face_of_Lhotse_behind-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Island-Peak-in-forground-with-south-face_of_Lhotse_behind-195x130.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Island Peak in the foreground with the South Face of Lhotse behind (Eric Simonson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Team is planning on a rest day tomorrow and then heading to Amphu Lapsta (Pass) the following day.<\/p>\n<p>All is well in the Khumbu Valley with the Private trek and climb of Island and Mera Peaks!<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 11, 2018 We received word from IMG Sherpa Guides Phinjo and Tashi Palden overnight from the summit of Island Peak. The team had a great climb with very little traffic. The entire team reached the summit and is now back down at Base Camp. After a good trek and some acclimatization, the team familiarized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,58,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everest-trekking","category-mera-peak","category-nepal-trek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20472","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=20472"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20689,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20472\/revisions\/20689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}