{"id":20496,"date":"2018-10-12T10:12:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=20496"},"modified":"2018-10-19T13:54:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T21:54:21","slug":"nepal-trekking-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/12\/mera-peak\/nepal-trekking-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal Trekking Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 12, 2018<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20496 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><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\/2018\/10\/Looking-out-from-the-helicopter-Kevin-Kayl.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[20496]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Looking-out-from-the-helicopter-Kevin-Kayl-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Looking out from the helicopter (Kevin Kayl)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Looking-out-from-the-helicopter-Kevin-Kayl-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Looking-out-from-the-helicopter-Kevin-Kayl-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Looking-out-from-the-helicopter-Kevin-Kayl.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Looking-out-from-the-helicopter-Kevin-Kayl-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Looking-out-from-the-helicopter-Kevin-Kayl-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Looking-out-from-the-helicopter-Kevin-Kayl-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20497'>\n\t\t\t\tLooking out from the helicopter (Kevin Kayl)\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\/2018\/10\/Lukla-Airport-Greg-Vernovage.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[20496]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lukla-Airport-Greg-Vernovage-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Lukla Airport (Greg Vernovage)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lukla-Airport-Greg-Vernovage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lukla-Airport-Greg-Vernovage-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lukla-Airport-Greg-Vernovage.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lukla-Airport-Greg-Vernovage-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lukla-Airport-Greg-Vernovage-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Lukla-Airport-Greg-Vernovage-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20498'>\n\t\t\t\tLukla Airport (Greg Vernovage)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We received a few updates from our treks in Nepal overnight. Our Private Island and Mera Peak Trekking team enjoyed a nice rest day at Island Peak Base Camp and will head over the Amphu Laptsa (pass) tomorrow morning.\u00c2\u00a0The team is doing great and enjoying their summit of Island Peak!<\/p>\n<p>Our Mera Peak Team is now in Lukla (9,334\u00e2\u20ac\u2122)!\u00c2\u00a0Our Mera Peak Trekking team met IMG Senior Guide Dawa Sherpa in Lukla and will be ready to fly into the Hinku Valley in the morning.\u00c2\u00a0They will take the day trekking in Lukla to acclimatize for the jump into the Hinku Valley.\u00c2\u00a0They will fly to Khote (11,700\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) in the morning to begin their trek!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20499\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Trekking-map-with-Hinku-and-Khumbu-Valley-Routes-Eric-Simonson.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[20496]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20499\" class=\"wp-image-20499 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Trekking-map-with-Hinku-and-Khumbu-Valley-Routes-Eric-Simonson.jpg\" alt=\"Trekking map with Hinku and Khumbu Valley Routes (Eric Simonson)\" width=\"410\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Trekking-map-with-Hinku-and-Khumbu-Valley-Routes-Eric-Simonson.jpg 410w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Trekking-map-with-Hinku-and-Khumbu-Valley-Routes-Eric-Simonson-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Trekking-map-with-Hinku-and-Khumbu-Valley-Routes-Eric-Simonson-124x195.jpg 124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trekking map with Hinku and Khumbu Valley Routes (Eric Simonson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We have another Private trek that also arrived to Lukla yesterday.\u00c2\u00a0This trek will take the standard trekking route to Namche before taking a left and heading up to Gokyo in a counterclockwise itinerary.\u00c2\u00a0This is going to be a great trek with a target of climbing Lobuche Peak after trekking over Renjo La and Cho La through Gokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Three more groups are now arriving in Kathmandu; the Autumn 3X2Trek with Lobuche Peak, the Ama Dablam Expedition and a private Gokyo Loop Trekking Team.<\/p>\n<p>All is well and busy in Nepal!<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 12, 2018 We received a few updates from our treks in Nepal overnight. Our Private Island and Mera Peak Trekking team enjoyed a nice rest day at Island Peak Base Camp and will head over the Amphu Laptsa (pass) tomorrow morning.\u00c2\u00a0The team is doing great and enjoying their summit of Island Peak! Our Mera [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,58,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20496","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\/20496","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=20496"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20690,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20496\/revisions\/20690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}