{"id":26109,"date":"2022-07-23T11:20:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T19:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=26109"},"modified":"2022-07-23T11:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T19:20:22","slug":"kilimanjaro-team-getting-ready-to-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2022\/07\/23\/kilimanjaro\/kilimanjaro-team-getting-ready-to-climb\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilimanjaro Team getting ready to climb!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <p>July 23, 2022<\/p><p>IMG guide Phunuru Sherpa reports that the weather has been excellent the last few days and that the trek has been going very smoothly, with everyone doing well. This is a critical part of the Kili climb, with 3 successive nights at about 13,000 feet (Shira Camp, Barancco Camp, and Karanga Camp).\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s perfect acclimatization and also wonderful hiking as the team traverses around the southern side of the mountain.\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow the team will climb up to the Barafu Camp (about 15,000 feet) and from there they will go to the summit.\u00c2\u00a0 So far so good on Kilimanjaro!<\/p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Karanga-Camp-and-the-view-up-the-Barafu-Route-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26109]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Karanga-Camp-and-the-view-up-the-Barafu-Route-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Karanga-Camp-and-the-view-up-the-Barafu-Route-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Karanga-Camp-and-the-view-up-the-Barafu-Route-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Karanga-Camp-and-the-view-up-the-Barafu-Route-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Karanga-Camp-and-the-view-up-the-Barafu-Route-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Karanga-Camp-and-the-view-up-the-Barafu-Route-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Karanga-Camp-and-the-view-up-the-Barafu-Route-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Karanga-Camp-and-the-view-up-the-Barafu-Route-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Karanga Camp and the view up the Barafu Route (Phunuru Sherpa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Barranco-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26109]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Barranco-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Barranco-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Barranco-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Barranco-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Barranco-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Barranco-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Barranco-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Barranco-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Barranco Camp (Phunuru Sherpa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Top-of-the-Barranco-Wall-looking-up-at-the-Southern-Glaciers-Phunuru-Sherpa-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26109]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Top-of-the-Barranco-Wall-looking-up-at-the-Southern-Glaciers-Phunuru-Sherpa-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26112\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Top-of-the-Barranco-Wall-looking-up-at-the-Southern-Glaciers-Phunuru-Sherpa-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Top-of-the-Barranco-Wall-looking-up-at-the-Southern-Glaciers-Phunuru-Sherpa-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Top-of-the-Barranco-Wall-looking-up-at-the-Southern-Glaciers-Phunuru-Sherpa-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Top-of-the-Barranco-Wall-looking-up-at-the-Southern-Glaciers-Phunuru-Sherpa-1-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Top-of-the-Barranco-Wall-looking-up-at-the-Southern-Glaciers-Phunuru-Sherpa-1-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Top-of-the-Barranco-Wall-looking-up-at-the-Southern-Glaciers-Phunuru-Sherpa-1-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Top-of-the-Barranco-Wall-looking-up-at-the-Southern-Glaciers-Phunuru-Sherpa-1.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Top of the Barranco Wall looking up at the Southern Glaciers (Phunuru Sherpa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Porters-approaching-the-Barranco-Camp-with-the-giant-groundsel-plants-Eric-Simonson.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26109]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Porters-approaching-the-Barranco-Camp-with-the-giant-groundsel-plants-Eric-Simonson-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Porters-approaching-the-Barranco-Camp-with-the-giant-groundsel-plants-Eric-Simonson-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Porters-approaching-the-Barranco-Camp-with-the-giant-groundsel-plants-Eric-Simonson-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Porters-approaching-the-Barranco-Camp-with-the-giant-groundsel-plants-Eric-Simonson-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Porters-approaching-the-Barranco-Camp-with-the-giant-groundsel-plants-Eric-Simonson-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Porters-approaching-the-Barranco-Camp-with-the-giant-groundsel-plants-Eric-Simonson-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Porters-approaching-the-Barranco-Camp-with-the-giant-groundsel-plants-Eric-Simonson-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Porters-approaching-the-Barranco-Camp-with-the-giant-groundsel-plants-Eric-Simonson-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Porters-approaching-the-Barranco-Camp-with-the-giant-groundsel-plants-Eric-Simonson-195x130.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Porters approaching the Barranco Camp with the giant groundsel plants (Eric Simonson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 23, 2022 IMG guide Phunuru Sherpa reports that the weather has been excellent the last few days and that the trek has been going very smoothly, with everyone doing well. This is a critical part of the Kili climb, with 3 successive nights at about 13,000 feet (Shira Camp, Barancco Camp, and Karanga Camp).\u00c2\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[298,206],"class_list":["post-26109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kilimanjaro","tag-kili","tag-kilimanjaro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26109","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=26109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26115,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26109\/revisions\/26115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}