{"id":24326,"date":"2020-03-05T09:04:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T17:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=24326"},"modified":"2020-03-05T09:47:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T17:47:10","slug":"more-food-on-the-way-to-everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2020\/03\/05\/img-news\/more-food-on-the-way-to-everest\/","title":{"rendered":"More Food on the Way to Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 5, 2020<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24330\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_81621-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24326]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24330\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_81621-849x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_81621-849x1024.jpg 849w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_81621-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_81621-768x927.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_81621-1273x1536.jpg 1273w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_81621-1697x2048.jpg 1697w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_81621-940x1134.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_81621-620x748.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_81621-162x195.jpg 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don (our longtime shipping agent) and Eric with some of the duffels (Greg Vernovage)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It has been a busy week for us, as we purchased more expedition food, removed all the unnecessary packaging, and then carefully repacked it into waxed boxes for its journey from USA to Nepal and on to Base Camp for our upcoming 2020 Everest Expedition.\u00c2\u00a0 After a few days of work, the excitement comes when we deliver the load to our shipping agent at\u00c2\u00a0 SeaTac airport.\u00c2\u00a0 Food, including plenty of bacon, is on the launching pad for Kathmandu!<\/p>\n<p>In Nepal, Ang Jangbu and Senior Guide, Phunuru Sherpa, sent word that a team of 14 Advanced Sherpa will meet Ang Pasang in Gorakshep on the 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00c2\u00a0of March and begin building our camp site at Everest Base Camp on March 21<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24328\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gorakshep-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[24326]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24328\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gorakshep-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gorakshep-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gorakshep-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gorakshep-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gorakshep-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-620x465.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gorakshep-Sonam-Dorje-Sherpa-195x146.jpeg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gorakshep with Lho La, The West Shoulder and Nuptse (Sonam Dorje Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24326 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\/03\/IMG_6549.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24326]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6549-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6549-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6549-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6549-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6549-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6549-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6549-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6549-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6549.jpg 2016w\" 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-1-24329'>\n\t\t\t\tGreg says we can never have too much bacon (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\/03\/IMG_6544.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24326]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6544-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6544-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6544-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6544-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6544-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6544-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6544-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6544-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6544.jpg 2016w\" 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-1-24327'>\n\t\t\t\tFood pile for Everest (Eric Simonson)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Our climbing team is doing exactly what they should be doing, making piles of gear, packing, and repacking.\u00c2\u00a0 I have received a number of great phone calls or exchanged emails with climbers and trekkers asking all of the right questions about dialing their systems.<\/p>\n<p>Follow all of the action on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/everest-south20.shtml\">2020 Everest Blog<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<p>Greg Vernovage<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:everest@mountainguides.com\">everest@mountainguides.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 5, 2020 It has been a busy week for us, as we purchased more expedition food, removed all the unnecessary packaging, and then carefully repacked it into waxed boxes for its journey from USA to Nepal and on to Base Camp for our upcoming 2020 Everest Expedition.\u00c2\u00a0 After a few days of work, the 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