{"id":25076,"date":"2021-05-25T09:47:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T17:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=25076"},"modified":"2021-05-25T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T17:47:12","slug":"gear-is-down-and-climbers-are-heading-towards-kathmandu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2021\/05\/25\/everest\/gear-is-down-and-climbers-are-heading-towards-kathmandu\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear is down and Climbers are heading towards Kathmandu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 25, 2021<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25076 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\/05\/Icefall-dancing-Kevin-Kayl-scaled.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[25076]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Icefall-dancing-Kevin-Kayl-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Icefall dancing (Kevin Kayl)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Icefall-dancing-Kevin-Kayl-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Icefall-dancing-Kevin-Kayl-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Icefall-dancing-Kevin-Kayl-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Icefall-dancing-Kevin-Kayl-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Icefall-dancing-Kevin-Kayl-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Icefall-dancing-Kevin-Kayl-620x827.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Icefall-dancing-Kevin-Kayl-146x195.jpg 146w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Icefall-dancing-Kevin-Kayl-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25077'>\n\t\t\t\tIcefall dancing (Kevin Kayl)\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\/05\/Sherpa-Fura-Climbing-Above-Lhotse-Camp-4-Kevin-Kayl-2.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[25076]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sherpa-Fura-Climbing-Above-Lhotse-Camp-4-Kevin-Kayl-2-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sherpa Fura Climbing Above Lhotse Camp 4 (Kevin Kayl)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sherpa-Fura-Climbing-Above-Lhotse-Camp-4-Kevin-Kayl-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sherpa-Fura-Climbing-Above-Lhotse-Camp-4-Kevin-Kayl-2-146x195.jpg 146w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sherpa-Fura-Climbing-Above-Lhotse-Camp-4-Kevin-Kayl-2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25079'>\n\t\t\t\tSherpa Fura Climbing Above Lhotse Camp 4 (Kevin Kayl)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Great news this morning from EBC as Ang Jangbu reported that our final Sherpa have now descended the Khumbu Icefall with the remaining loads from Camp 2.\u00c2\u00a0 The last 2021 trip through the Icefall is now finished!\u00c2\u00a0 The timing is good, because deteriorating weather and snowfall are now making the conditions more challenging up on the mountain.\u00c2\u00a0 The IMG climbers are all heading for Kathmandu and our BC team will now be concentrating on getting everything packed and put away for the season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25078\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-EBC-looking-at-the-Icefall-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25076]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25078\" class=\"wp-image-25078 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-EBC-looking-at-the-Icefall-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG EBC looking at the Icefall (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-EBC-looking-at-the-Icefall-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-EBC-looking-at-the-Icefall-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-EBC-looking-at-the-Icefall-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-EBC-looking-at-the-Icefall-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-2-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-EBC-looking-at-the-Icefall-Ang-Jangbu-Sherpa-2-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMG EBC looking at the Icefall (Ang Jangbu Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Greg Vernovage<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 25, 2021 Great news this morning from EBC as Ang Jangbu reported that our final Sherpa have now descended the Khumbu Icefall with the remaining loads from Camp 2.\u00c2\u00a0 The last 2021 trip through the Icefall is now finished!\u00c2\u00a0 The timing is good, because deteriorating weather and snowfall are now making the conditions more 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