{"id":21106,"date":"2018-11-21T10:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T18:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=21106"},"modified":"2018-11-21T10:18:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T18:18:03","slug":"cleaning-ama-dablam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/21\/ama-dablam\/cleaning-ama-dablam\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning Ama Dablam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 21, 2018<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21109\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ama-Dablam-Adam-Clark.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21106]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21109\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ama-Dablam-Adam-Clark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ama-Dablam-Adam-Clark.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ama-Dablam-Adam-Clark-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ama-Dablam-Adam-Clark-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ama-Dablam-Adam-Clark-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ama-Dablam-Adam-Clark-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Ama-Dablam-Adam-Clark-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ama Dablam (Adam Clark)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>IMG Sherpa Guide, Phunuru Sherpa checked in from Phortse after finishing up a great Ama Dablam season for IMG.\u00c2\u00a0The Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) has recently taken over fixing for Ama Dablam.\u00c2\u00a0Of note, the SPCC has been in charge of fixing the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest for years and is in charge of the Icefall Doctors.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-21106 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><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\/2018\/11\/Cleaning-the-route-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[21106]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cleaning-the-route-Phunuru-Sherpa-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cleaning-the-route-Phunuru-Sherpa-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cleaning-the-route-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cleaning-the-route-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x827.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cleaning-the-route-Phunuru-Sherpa-146x195.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21113'>\n\t\t\t\tCleaning the route (Phunuru Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A-\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rats-Nest\u00e2\u20ac\u009d-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[21106]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/A-\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rats-Nest\u00e2\u20ac\u009d-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21112\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21112'>\n\t\t\t\tA \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rats Nest\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Phunuru Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The SPCC has hired 12 Sherpas (6 Sherpas from Phortse and 6 Sherpas from Pangboche) to clean old ropes from Ama Dablam.\u00c2\u00a0Phunuru spoke to one of our IMG Sherpa, Palden Namgyal from Phortse.\u00c2\u00a0Palden Namgyal has reported that the Sherpa Team has already finished cleaning old ropes from Base Camp to Camp 2 and they are planning on cleaning the old ropes to the summit in the following 2 days.\u00c2\u00a0The SPCC has done a great job this year investing $50,000 towards the fixing and cleaning of Ama Dablam.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21114\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/After-cleaning-and-adding-new-anchors-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21106]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21114\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/After-cleaning-and-adding-new-anchors-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/After-cleaning-and-adding-new-anchors-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/After-cleaning-and-adding-new-anchors-Phunuru-Sherpa-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/After-cleaning-and-adding-new-anchors-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x827.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/After-cleaning-and-adding-new-anchors-Phunuru-Sherpa-146x195.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After cleaning and adding new anchors (Phunuru Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During the 2017 Ama Dablam Season, Phunuru spent a lot of time cleaning old rope and adding more anchors to the Yellow Tower.\u00c2\u00a0It is a Team effort when climbing these Himalayan Peaks and we want to thank all of the Sherpa for their hard work!<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to climb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/amadablam.shtml\">Ama Dablam in 2019<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 21, 2018 IMG Sherpa Guide, Phunuru Sherpa checked in from Phortse 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