{"id":24702,"date":"2021-03-09T14:16:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=24702"},"modified":"2021-03-09T14:32:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:32:55","slug":"checking-out-the-climbing-route-for-everest-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2021\/03\/09\/everest\/checking-out-the-climbing-route-for-everest-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking out the climbing route for Everest 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 9, 2021<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24702 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\/2021\/03\/West-Shoulder-with-ice-block-gone-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24702]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/West-Shoulder-with-ice-block-gone-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"West Shoulder with ice block gone (Phunuru Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/West-Shoulder-with-ice-block-gone-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/West-Shoulder-with-ice-block-gone-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/West-Shoulder-with-ice-block-gone-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/West-Shoulder-with-ice-block-gone-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/West-Shoulder-with-ice-block-gone-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, 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aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Upper-Icefall-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Upper-Icefall-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Upper-Icefall-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Upper-Icefall-Phunuru-Sherpa-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Upper-Icefall-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Upper-Icefall-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Upper-Icefall-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Upper-Icefall-Phunuru-Sherpa.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-1-24705'>\n\t\t\t\tUpper Icefall (Phunuru Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Phunuru checked in from Phortse where he has been doing some training with our guide team, as well as recently taking a really incredible helicopter ride up into the Western Cwm. \u00c2\u00a0He reports that the Lhotse Face is in good shape and he said the precarious ice block that was hanging over the Icefall on the West Shoulder has released.\u00c2\u00a0 Great news!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-24702 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\/2021\/03\/Western-Cwm-3-9-21-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24702]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Western-Cwm-3-9-21-Phunuru-Sherpa-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Western Cwm 3-9-21 (Phunuru Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-24707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Western-Cwm-3-9-21-Phunuru-Sherpa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Western-Cwm-3-9-21-Phunuru-Sherpa-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Western-Cwm-3-9-21-Phunuru-Sherpa-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Western-Cwm-3-9-21-Phunuru-Sherpa-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-2-24707'>\n\t\t\t\tWestern Cwm 3-9-21 (Phunuru Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl 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