{"id":25713,"date":"2022-02-15T10:17:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T18:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=25713"},"modified":"2022-02-15T10:17:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T18:17:12","slug":"securing-the-2022-everest-base-camp-and-training-at-kcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2022\/02\/15\/everest\/securing-the-2022-everest-base-camp-and-training-at-kcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Securing the 2022 Everest Base Camp and Training at KCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 15, 2022<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25713 gallery-columns-4 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\/2022\/02\/Phunuru-Pointing-out-the-KCC-Training-area-during-a-Spring-Trek-Eric-Simonson.jpeg' rel=\"lightbox[25713]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phunuru-Pointing-out-the-KCC-Training-area-during-a-Spring-Trek-Eric-Simonson-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Phunuru Pointing out the KCC Training area during a Spring Trek (Eric Simonson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phunuru-Pointing-out-the-KCC-Training-area-during-a-Spring-Trek-Eric-Simonson-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phunuru-Pointing-out-the-KCC-Training-area-during-a-Spring-Trek-Eric-Simonson-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phunuru-Pointing-out-the-KCC-Training-area-during-a-Spring-Trek-Eric-Simonson-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phunuru-Pointing-out-the-KCC-Training-area-during-a-Spring-Trek-Eric-Simonson-940x705.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phunuru-Pointing-out-the-KCC-Training-area-during-a-Spring-Trek-Eric-Simonson-620x465.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phunuru-Pointing-out-the-KCC-Training-area-during-a-Spring-Trek-Eric-Simonson-195x146.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Phunuru-Pointing-out-the-KCC-Training-area-during-a-Spring-Trek-Eric-Simonson.jpeg 1125w\" 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-1-25720'>\n\t\t\t\tPhunuru Pointing out the KCC Training area during a Spring Trek (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\/2022\/02\/Knot-tying-review-at-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpeg' rel=\"lightbox[25713]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Knot-tying-review-at-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x226.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Knot tying review at KCC (Phunuru Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Knot-tying-review-at-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Knot-tying-review-at-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x771.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Knot-tying-review-at-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x578.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Knot-tying-review-at-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x708.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Knot-tying-review-at-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x467.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Knot-tying-review-at-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x147.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Knot-tying-review-at-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpeg 1280w\" 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-1-25718'>\n\t\t\t\tKnot tying review at KCC (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\/2022\/02\/KCC-2022-Training-Team-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpeg' rel=\"lightbox[25713]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/KCC-2022-Training-Team-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"KCC 2022 Training Team (Phunuru Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/KCC-2022-Training-Team-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/KCC-2022-Training-Team-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/KCC-2022-Training-Team-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/KCC-2022-Training-Team-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x705.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/KCC-2022-Training-Team-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x465.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/KCC-2022-Training-Team-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/KCC-2022-Training-Team-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpeg 1280w\" 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-1-25717'>\n\t\t\t\tKCC 2022 Training Team (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\/2022\/02\/Beautiful-Training-grounds-for-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpeg' rel=\"lightbox[25713]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beautiful-Training-grounds-for-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x226.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Beautiful Training grounds for KCC (Phunuru Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beautiful-Training-grounds-for-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beautiful-Training-grounds-for-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x771.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beautiful-Training-grounds-for-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x578.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beautiful-Training-grounds-for-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x708.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beautiful-Training-grounds-for-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x467.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beautiful-Training-grounds-for-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x147.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Beautiful-Training-grounds-for-KCC-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpeg 1280w\" 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-1-25714'>\n\t\t\t\tBeautiful Training grounds for KCC (Phunuru Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We received some exciting news from Ang Jangbu and Phunuru last week!\u00c2\u00a0 IMG Senior Guide and Khumbu Climbing Center Director Phunuru Sherpa checked in to let us know that 62 students attended the Khumbu Climbing Center&#8217;s training facility.\u00c2\u00a0 The students covered many important skills necessary for climbing and guiding in the Himalayas.\u00c2\u00a0 The hands on training grounds, located just a short walk up from Phortse Thanga is a beautiful playground with perfect ice for climbing for all levels of skill.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery 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1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sonam-Tashi-reserving-the-IMG-Everest-Base-Camp-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sonam-Tashi-reserving-the-IMG-Everest-Base-Camp-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sonam-Tashi-reserving-the-IMG-Everest-Base-Camp-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sonam-Tashi-reserving-the-IMG-Everest-Base-Camp-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sonam-Tashi-reserving-the-IMG-Everest-Base-Camp-Ang-Karma-Sherpa.jpg 1465w\" 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-2-25719'>\n\t\t\t\tSonam Tashi reserving the IMG Everest Base Camp (Ang Karma 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\/2022\/02\/IMG-EBC-site-with-the-lower-Khumbu-Icefall-Ang-Karma-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[25713]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-EBC-site-with-the-lower-Khumbu-Icefall-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"IMG EBC site with the lower Khumbu Icefall (Ang Karma Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-25716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-EBC-site-with-the-lower-Khumbu-Icefall-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-EBC-site-with-the-lower-Khumbu-Icefall-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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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\/2022\/02\/Clean-water-source-for-EBC-Ang-Karma-Sherpa.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[25713]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Clean-water-source-for-EBC-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Clean water source for EBC (Ang Karma Sherpa)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-25715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Clean-water-source-for-EBC-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Clean-water-source-for-EBC-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Clean-water-source-for-EBC-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Clean-water-source-for-EBC-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Clean-water-source-for-EBC-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Clean-water-source-for-EBC-Ang-Karma-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Clean-water-source-for-EBC-Ang-Karma-Sherpa.jpg 1465w\" 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-2-25715'>\n\t\t\t\tClean water source for EBC (Ang Karma Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Ang Jangbu also checked in after receiving word from Ang Karma and Sonam Tashi that our 2022 Everest Base Camp has been reserved.\u00c2\u00a0 Ang Karma said that there is a lot of snow below Lobuche Village right now but still rather dry trekking into Base Camp. The IMG Base Camp will be in the same place again this year as the past several years allowing for quality water for our team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 15, 2022 We received some exciting news from Ang Jangbu and Phunuru last week!\u00c2\u00a0 IMG Senior Guide and Khumbu Climbing Center Director Phunuru Sherpa checked in to let us know that 62 students attended the Khumbu Climbing Center&#8217;s training facility.\u00c2\u00a0 The students covered many important skills necessary for climbing and guiding in the Himalayas.\u00c2\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,13,69,70,182,21,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3-peaks-3-passes","category-everest","category-everest-trekking","category-island-peak","category-khumbu-valley","category-lhotse","category-lobuche"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25713","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=25713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25722,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25713\/revisions\/25722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}