{"id":24804,"date":"2021-04-07T10:44:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=24804"},"modified":"2021-04-07T13:16:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T21:16:39","slug":"updates-from-everest-base-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2021\/04\/07\/everest\/updates-from-everest-base-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates from Everest Base Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 4, 2021<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24800\" style=\"width: 776px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-towards-Lhotse-Face-from-Camp-2-Sherpa-Fura.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24804]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24800\" class=\"wp-image-24800 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-towards-Lhotse-Face-from-Camp-2-Sherpa-Fura-766x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Looking towards Lhotse Face from Camp 2 (Sherpa Fura)\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-towards-Lhotse-Face-from-Camp-2-Sherpa-Fura-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-towards-Lhotse-Face-from-Camp-2-Sherpa-Fura-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-towards-Lhotse-Face-from-Camp-2-Sherpa-Fura-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-towards-Lhotse-Face-from-Camp-2-Sherpa-Fura-940x1256.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-towards-Lhotse-Face-from-Camp-2-Sherpa-Fura-620x828.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-towards-Lhotse-Face-from-Camp-2-Sherpa-Fura-146x195.jpg 146w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-towards-Lhotse-Face-from-Camp-2-Sherpa-Fura.jpg 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking towards Lhotse Face from Camp 2 (Sherpa Fura)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ang Jangbu got a call through this morning from Everest Base Camp to let us know the internet is up and running and all is well up and down the valley.\u00c2\u00a0 Dawa Tenzing and Sherpa Fura had a great day climbing to Camp 2 yesterday to secure our campsites and recon the Icefall, Western Cwm and Lhotse Face.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0They report that the Icefall is in good shape with a number of twists and turns as usual, but that it has (get ready for this) only ONE ladder right now.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Can you believe that?!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 It is early in the season and we all know the Icefall will do a bit of adjusting and route changing as the season continues but having only one ladder is pretty remarkable.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24797\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG-Senior-Guide-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-Greg-Vernovage-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24804]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24797\" class=\"wp-image-24797 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG-Senior-Guide-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-Greg-Vernovage-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG Senior Guide Karma Rita Sherpa (Greg Vernovage)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG-Senior-Guide-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-Greg-Vernovage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG-Senior-Guide-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-Greg-Vernovage-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG-Senior-Guide-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-Greg-Vernovage-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG-Senior-Guide-Karma-Rita-Sherpa-Greg-Vernovage-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMG Senior Guide Karma Rita Sherpa (Greg Vernovage)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ang Jangbu says that IMG\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2021 Everest Base Camp is looking good and is all ready for the arrival of Team 1.\u00c2\u00a0 A big shout out to the Advanced Team under the leadership of Senior Guide Karma Rita Sherpa for all of their hard work getting the camp prepared!<\/p>\n<p>Back down at Lobuche Base Camp, Team 1 took a trek today partway up to High Camp on Lobuche for additional acclimatization, and 5 of our guides \u00c2\u00a0continued all the way to High Camp to evaluate the conditions and check the water source.\u00c2\u00a0 Everything looks good for the climb of Lobuche Peak in a few days, after the climbers first visit Everest Base Camp.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24804 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\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-with-Ama-Dablam-in-the-distance-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24804]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-with-Ama-Dablam-in-the-distance-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Lobuche Base Camp with Ama Dablam in the distance (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-with-Ama-Dablam-in-the-distance-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-with-Ama-Dablam-in-the-distance-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-with-Ama-Dablam-in-the-distance-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Base-Camp-with-Ama-Dablam-in-the-distance-Ang-Jangbu-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-1-24799'>\n\t\t\t\tLobuche Base Camp with Ama Dablam in the distance (Ang Jangbu 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\/Lobuche-Peak-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[24804]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Peak-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Lobuche Peak (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Peak-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Peak-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Peak-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lobuche-Peak-Ang-Jangbu-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-1-24798'>\n\t\t\t\tLobuche Peak (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_24796\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-up-valley-from-Pheriche-with-Cholatse-left-and_Lobuche-right-Sonam-Dore-Sherpa.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[24804]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24796\" class=\"wp-image-24796 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-up-valley-from-Pheriche-with-Cholatse-left-and_Lobuche-right-Sonam-Dore-Sherpa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Looking up valley from Pheriche with Cholatse (left) and_Lobuche (right) (Sonam Dore Sherpa)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-up-valley-from-Pheriche-with-Cholatse-left-and_Lobuche-right-Sonam-Dore-Sherpa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-up-valley-from-Pheriche-with-Cholatse-left-and_Lobuche-right-Sonam-Dore-Sherpa-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-up-valley-from-Pheriche-with-Cholatse-left-and_Lobuche-right-Sonam-Dore-Sherpa-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Looking-up-valley-from-Pheriche-with-Cholatse-left-and_Lobuche-right-Sonam-Dore-Sherpa-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking up valley from Pheriche with Cholatse (left) and Lobuche (right) (Sonam Dorje Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Team 2, led by Senior Guide Kevin Kayl pulled into Pheriche in excellent form and will settle in for a couple nights of acclimatization.\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow the team will take a hike up the hill behind Pheriche to get a better look at Lobuche Peak and Dingboche, which is just over the hill.\u00c2\u00a0 They will also say hello to the medical team at the Pheriche HRA clinic and hear more about acclimatization.<\/p>\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 4, 2021 Ang Jangbu got a call through this morning from Everest Base Camp to let us know the internet is up and running and all is well up and down the valley.\u00c2\u00a0 Dawa Tenzing and Sherpa Fura had a great day climbing to Camp 2 yesterday to secure our campsites and recon the 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