{"id":24781,"date":"2021-04-06T10:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=24781"},"modified":"2021-04-07T07:50:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:50:24","slug":"camps-1-and-2-established","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2021\/04\/06\/everest\/camps-1-and-2-established\/","title":{"rendered":"Camps 1 and 2 Established"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 6, 2021<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24781 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\/Khumbu-Icefall-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24781]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Khumbu-Icefall-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Khumbu Icefall March 2021 (Phunuru Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Khumbu-Icefall-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Khumbu-Icefall-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Khumbu-Icefall-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Khumbu-Icefall-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Khumbu-Icefall-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Khumbu-Icefall-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Khumbu-Icefall-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Khumbu-Icefall-March-2021-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-1-24782'>\n\t\t\t\tKhumbu Icefall March 2021 (Phunuru Sherpa)\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\/Western-Cwm-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24781]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Western-Cwm-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Western Cwm March 2021 (Phunuru Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Western-Cwm-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Western-Cwm-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Western-Cwm-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Western-Cwm-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Western-Cwm-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Western-Cwm-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Western-Cwm-March-2021-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Western-Cwm-March-2021-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-1-24783'>\n\t\t\t\tWestern Cwm March 2021 (Phunuru Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We received welcome news overnight that Sherpas Fura and Dawa Tenzing successfully reached Camp 2 yesterday and returned back to Base Camp.\u00c2\u00a0 They report the route up the Khumbu Icefall is in good shape and that our Camps 1 and 2 are secured.\u00c2\u00a0 Well done!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24784\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-high-trail-from-Phortse-to-Pangboche-Eric-Simonson-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24781]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24784\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-high-trail-from-Phortse-to-Pangboche-Eric-Simonson-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The high trail from Phortse to Pangboche (Eric Simonson)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-high-trail-from-Phortse-to-Pangboche-Eric-Simonson-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-high-trail-from-Phortse-to-Pangboche-Eric-Simonson-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-high-trail-from-Phortse-to-Pangboche-Eric-Simonson-2-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-high-trail-from-Phortse-to-Pangboche-Eric-Simonson-2-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-high-trail-from-Phortse-to-Pangboche-Eric-Simonson-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The high trail from Phortse to Pangboche (Eric Simonson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lower down both our IMG Teams were on the move today in the Khumbu Valley.\u00c2\u00a0 Kevin Kayl checked in from Pangboche to let us know that Team 2 are doing well after a nice trek on the high trail from Phortse. \u00c2\u00a0After lunch they visited Lama Ngawang Paljur at the Pangboche monastery and received their blessing.\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow the team will head to Pheriche for a couple nights of acclimatization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24785\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-Greg-Vernovage-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24781]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24785\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-Greg-Vernovage-2-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"Lobuche Base Camp (Greg Vernovage)\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-Greg-Vernovage-2-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-Greg-Vernovage-2-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-Greg-Vernovage-2-620x353.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-Greg-Vernovage-2-195x111.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-Greg-Vernovage-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lobuche Base Camp (Greg Vernovage)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Up valley a little further, Jonathan Schrock checked in via satellite phone from IMG\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Lobuche Base Camp to report that the Team 1 is doing great and the camp looks awesome.\u00c2\u00a0 This will be the first night of actual camping for the team, and they will enjoy the peace and quiet of this lovely area.\u00c2\u00a0 The team will spend an important three days and nights at Lobuche Base Camp doing acclimation hiking and taking in the beautiful views of the upper valley.\u00c2\u00a0 They may also climb up higher, towards the Lobuche High Camp, to familiarize themselves with the climbing route and gain a little more altitude practice before pushing on up to Everest Base Camp.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24786\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunset-from-Lobuche-Base-Camp-Harry-Hamlin.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[24781]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24786\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunset-from-Lobuche-Base-Camp-Harry-Hamlin-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Sunset from Lobuche Base Camp (Harry Hamlin)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunset-from-Lobuche-Base-Camp-Harry-Hamlin-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunset-from-Lobuche-Base-Camp-Harry-Hamlin-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunset-from-Lobuche-Base-Camp-Harry-Hamlin-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunset-from-Lobuche-Base-Camp-Harry-Hamlin-940x627.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunset-from-Lobuche-Base-Camp-Harry-Hamlin-620x414.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunset-from-Lobuche-Base-Camp-Harry-Hamlin-195x130.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunset-from-Lobuche-Base-Camp-Harry-Hamlin.jpeg 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset from Lobuche Base Camp (Harry Hamlin)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All is well in the Khumbu Valley and on Mount Everest!<\/p>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 6, 2021 We received welcome news overnight that Sherpas Fura and Dawa Tenzing successfully reached Camp 2 yesterday and returned back to Base Camp.\u00c2\u00a0 They report the route up the Khumbu Icefall is in good shape and that our Camps 1 and 2 are secured.\u00c2\u00a0 Well done! Lower down both our IMG Teams were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,28,13,69,70,182,21,43,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3-peaks-3-passes","category-ama-dablam","category-everest","category-everest-trekking","category-island-peak","category-khumbu-valley","category-lhotse","category-lobuche","category-mera-peak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24781"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24792,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24781\/revisions\/24792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}