{"id":24258,"date":"2020-02-20T17:16:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T01:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=24258"},"modified":"2020-02-20T17:16:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T01:16:26","slug":"kilimanjaro-climbers-reach-shira-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2020\/02\/20\/kilimanjaro\/kilimanjaro-climbers-reach-shira-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilimanjaro Climbers Reach Shira Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 20, 2020<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24259\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Kili-climbers-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-rotated.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24258]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24259\" class=\"size-grid_4 wp-image-24259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Kili-climbers-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-320x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Kili-climbers-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-320x200.jpg 320w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Kili-climbers-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Kili-climbers-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-240x150.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Kili-climbers-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-472x295.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kili climbers at Shira Camp (Phunuru Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Phunuru Sherpa reports that the team had another beautiful day today as they hiked up to the Shira Plateau at about 12,300 feet. They are now in the moorland zone, with giant heather plants and giant groundsel plants along the way.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24258 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\/2020\/02\/Climbing-through-the-heather-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Eric_Simonson.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24258]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Climbing-through-the-heather-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Eric_Simonson-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Climbing-through-the-heather-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Eric_Simonson-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Climbing-through-the-heather-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Eric_Simonson-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Climbing-through-the-heather-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Eric_Simonson-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Climbing-through-the-heather-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Eric_Simonson-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Climbing-through-the-heather-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Eric_Simonson-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Climbing-through-the-heather-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Eric_Simonson-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Climbing-through-the-heather-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Eric_Simonson-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Climbing-through-the-heather-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Eric_Simonson-195x130.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-1-24260'>\n\t\t\t\tClimbing through the heather on the way to Shira Camp (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\/2020\/02\/Hanging-out-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24258]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hanging-out-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hanging-out-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hanging-out-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hanging-out-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hanging-out-at-Shira-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg 640w\" 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-1-24261'>\n\t\t\t\tHanging out at Shira Camp (Phunuru Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Sounds like everyone is acclimatizing well and doing a good job. They had some clouds this afternoon but overall the weather is holding.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Simonson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 20, 2020 Phunuru Sherpa reports that the team had another beautiful day today as they hiked up to the Shira Plateau at about 12,300 feet. They are now in the moorland zone, with giant heather plants and giant groundsel plants along the way. Sounds like everyone is acclimatizing well and doing a good job. 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