{"id":24756,"date":"2021-04-01T09:24:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=24756"},"modified":"2021-04-01T09:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:58:35","slug":"great-news-from-the-khumbu-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2021\/04\/01\/everest\/great-news-from-the-khumbu-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Great news from the Khumbu Valley!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 1, 2021<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24758\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Team-2-at-the-Lukla-Gate-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24758\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Team-2-at-the-Lukla-Gate-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Team 2 at the Pasang Lamu Gate (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Team-2-at-the-Lukla-Gate-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Team-2-at-the-Lukla-Gate-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Team-2-at-the-Lukla-Gate-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Team-2-at-the-Lukla-Gate-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Team-2-at-the-Lukla-Gate-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team 2 at the Pasang Lamu Gate (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We received \u00c2\u00a0welcome updates overnight from both of the IMG Teams. \u00c2\u00a0Down in Phaplu the Team 2 was up early looking at the weather and standing by for their helicopter flights to Lukla. \u00c2\u00a0The team made a great decision to head out of KTM by vehicle in order to get to higher ground and clear skies, and they were rewarded with excellent weather and smooth flights.\u00c2\u00a0 After departing Lukla via the famous Pasang Lamu Gate, the trail slowly traverses and descends to the Dudh Kosi river at Phakding. \u00c2\u00a0Getting to Phakding is a great feeling.\u00c2\u00a0 The river flowing along with cool and clean air is always a welcome feeling for the first day on the trail.\u00c2\u00a0 Team 2 will head uphill to Namche in the morning!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24756 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\/04\/Heli-in-Lukla-Eric-Simonson.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Heli-in-Lukla-Eric-Simonson-300x117.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Heli in Lukla (Eric Simonson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Heli-in-Lukla-Eric-Simonson-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Heli-in-Lukla-Eric-Simonson-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Heli-in-Lukla-Eric-Simonson-620x243.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Heli-in-Lukla-Eric-Simonson-195x76.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Heli-in-Lukla-Eric-Simonson.jpg 800w\" 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-1-24769'>\n\t\t\t\tHeli in Lukla (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\/2021\/04\/Phakding-Lodge-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Phakding-Lodge-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-300x131.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phakding Lodge (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Phakding-Lodge-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Phakding-Lodge-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Phakding-Lodge-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-620x271.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Phakding-Lodge-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-195x85.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Phakding-Lodge-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa.jpg 800w\" 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-1-24759'>\n\t\t\t\tPhakding Lodge (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Up in Namche, Team 1 had a casual morning at the lodge before taking the short trek up to Everest View Hotel.\u00c2\u00a0 The clouds broke and the team got their first view of Mount Everest.\u00c2\u00a0 Team 1 is feeling great and will head to Phortse in the morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24757\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Greg-Vernovage.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24757\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Greg-Vernovage-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ama Dablam, Lhotse and Everest (Greg Vernovage)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Greg-Vernovage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Greg-Vernovage-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Greg-Vernovage-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Greg-Vernovage-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ama-Dablam-Lhotse-and-Everest-Greg-Vernovage.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ama Dablam, Lhotse and Everest (Greg Vernovage)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Karma Rita also checked in overnight with some photos of the progress being made at Everest Base Camp.\u00c2\u00a0 The advanced<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24763\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Storage_dining-and-cook-tents-up-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24763\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Storage_dining-and-cook-tents-up-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"Storage, dining and cook tents up at EBC (Karma Rita Sherpa)\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Storage_dining-and-cook-tents-up-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Storage_dining-and-cook-tents-up-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Storage_dining-and-cook-tents-up-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-940x517.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Storage_dining-and-cook-tents-up-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-620x341.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Storage_dining-and-cook-tents-up-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-195x107.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Storage_dining-and-cook-tents-up-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Storage, dining and cook tents up at EBC (Karma Rita Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>team has been working hard!\u00c2\u00a0 They now have all of the big tents up including the cook tents, dining tents, storage tents, charging and comms tents.\u00c2\u00a0 They will now start carving out member tent platforms in anticipation of the teams arrival in just over a week.\u00c2\u00a0 It is great to see the Puja Alter ready to go.\u00c2\u00a0 We cannot wait to usher in the 2021 Everest\/Lhotse Climbing Season with our entire team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-24756 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\/2021\/04\/Setting-up-the-weatherport-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Setting-up-the-weatherport-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-165x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Setting up the weatherport at EBC (Karma Rita Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-24764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Setting-up-the-weatherport-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-165x300.jpg 165w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Setting-up-the-weatherport-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-107x195.jpg 107w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Setting-up-the-weatherport-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa.jpg 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-24764'>\n\t\t\t\tSetting up the weatherport at EBC (Karma Rita Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><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\/2021\/04\/Puja-Alter-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24756]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Puja-Alter-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-165x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Puja Alter at EBC (Karma Rita Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-24762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Puja-Alter-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-165x300.jpg 165w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Puja-Alter-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-107x195.jpg 107w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Puja-Alter-at-EBC-Karma-Rita-Sherpa.jpg 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-24762'>\n\t\t\t\tPuja Alter at EBC (Karma Rita Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>All is well in the Khumbu Valley!<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1, 2021 We received \u00c2\u00a0welcome updates overnight from both of the IMG Teams. \u00c2\u00a0Down in Phaplu the Team 2 was up early looking at the weather and standing by for their helicopter flights to Lukla. \u00c2\u00a0The team made 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