{"id":20590,"date":"2018-10-17T10:55:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T18:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=20590"},"modified":"2018-10-17T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T18:56:10","slug":"big-views-from-the-north-side-of-everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/17\/tibet-trek\/big-views-from-the-north-side-of-everest\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Views from the North Side of Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 17, 2018<\/p>\n<p>IMG Partner Eric Simonson checked in overnight from Rongbuk. The team was up early, departing Kharta early in the morning and heading to Rongbuk. With the new paved road, the trip took much less time than when Eric went to the North Side of Everest back in the 1980\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20592\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/everest-north-side_aj.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[20590]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20592\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20592\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/everest-north-side_aj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/everest-north-side_aj.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/everest-north-side_aj-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/everest-north-side_aj-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/everest-north-side_aj-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/everest-north-side_aj-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/everest-north-side_aj-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/everest-north-side_aj-195x130.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Side of Mt. Everest (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After arriving at Rongbuk, the team took the high trail route further up the Rongbuk to get more views of Mount Everest. There was a big lenticular over Everest but the views never disappoint.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20590 gallery-columns-3 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\/2018\/10\/Anthony-checking-out-photos-from-1936-Eric-Simonson.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[20590]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Anthony-checking-out-photos-from-1936-Eric-Simonson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Anthony-checking-out-photos-from-1936-Eric-Simonson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Anthony-checking-out-photos-from-1936-Eric-Simonson-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Anthony-checking-out-photos-from-1936-Eric-Simonson-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Anthony-checking-out-photos-from-1936-Eric-Simonson-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-1-20591'>\n\t\t\t\tAnthony checking out photos from 1936 (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\/2018\/10\/Monks-and-Men-at-Work-at-Rongbuk-Eric-Simonson.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[20590]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Monks-and-Men-at-Work-at-Rongbuk-Eric-Simonson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Monks-and-Men-at-Work-at-Rongbuk-Eric-Simonson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Monks-and-Men-at-Work-at-Rongbuk-Eric-Simonson-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Monks-and-Men-at-Work-at-Rongbuk-Eric-Simonson-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Monks-and-Men-at-Work-at-Rongbuk-Eric-Simonson-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-1-20594'>\n\t\t\t\tMonks and men at work on the Rongbuk Monastery  (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\/2018\/10\/Sunset-on-Mount-Everest-over-Rongbuk-Monestary-Eric-Simonson.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[20590]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Sunset-on-Mount-Everest-over-Rongbuk-Monestary-Eric-Simonson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Sunset-on-Mount-Everest-over-Rongbuk-Monestary-Eric-Simonson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Sunset-on-Mount-Everest-over-Rongbuk-Monestary-Eric-Simonson-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Sunset-on-Mount-Everest-over-Rongbuk-Monestary-Eric-Simonson-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Sunset-on-Mount-Everest-over-Rongbuk-Monestary-Eric-Simonson-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-1-20593'>\n\t\t\t\tSunset on Mount Everest over Rongbuk  (Eric Simonson)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Great views and unbelievable sunsets on the North Side of Mount Everest!<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 17, 2018 IMG Partner Eric Simonson checked in overnight from Rongbuk. The team was up early, departing Kharta early in the morning and heading to Rongbuk. With the new paved road, the trip took much less time than when Eric went to the North Side of Everest back in the 1980\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. &nbsp; After arriving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tibet-trek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20590","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20590"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20596,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20590\/revisions\/20596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}