{"id":26710,"date":"2023-02-19T15:26:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T23:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=26710"},"modified":"2023-02-19T15:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T23:26:05","slug":"kilimanjaro-climbers-are-in-position-to-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2023\/02\/19\/kilimanjaro\/kilimanjaro-climbers-are-in-position-to-climb\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilimanjaro Climbers are in position to climb!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 19, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday the Kilimanjaro team moved to Karanga Camp, which is one of the most beautiful days of hiking.\u00c2\u00a0 First they ascended the steep trail on the Barancco Wall, then traversed below the Southern Glaciers before crossing the last running water at Karanga Valley and climbing to the nearby Camp. Last night was the third in a row at about 13,000 feet, which was great acclimatization for them.\u00c2\u00a0 Today, Phunuru Sherpa reports the team got up and made the short but steeper move up to the Barafu Camp, at about 15,000 feet.\u00c2\u00a0 They arrived in time for a hot lunch, and then spent the afternoon resting and preparing for the climb tonight.\u00c2\u00a0 The team plans to leave at 12:20AM for the summit.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll keep you posted!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26710 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\/2023\/02\/Traversing-to-Karanga-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-scaled.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[26710]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Traversing-to-Karanga-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Traversing-to-Karanga-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Traversing-to-Karanga-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Traversing-to-Karanga-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Traversing-to-Karanga-Camp-Phunuru-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-1-26711'>\n\t\t\t\tTraversing to Karanga Camp (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\/2023\/02\/Leaving-Karanga-Camp-heading-for-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-scaled.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[26710]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leaving-Karanga-Camp-heading-for-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leaving-Karanga-Camp-heading-for-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leaving-Karanga-Camp-heading-for-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leaving-Karanga-Camp-heading-for-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leaving-Karanga-Camp-heading-for-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-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-1-26712'>\n\t\t\t\tLeaving Karanga Camp heading for Barafu Camp (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\/2023\/02\/The-team-at-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-scaled.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[26710]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-team-at-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-team-at-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-team-at-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-team-at-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-Sherpa-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-team-at-Barafu-Camp-Phunuru-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-1-26713'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team at Barafu Camp (Phunuru Sherpa)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 19, 2023 Yesterday the Kilimanjaro team moved to Karanga Camp, which is one of the most beautiful days of hiking.\u00c2\u00a0 First they ascended the steep trail on the Barancco Wall, then traversed below the Southern Glaciers before crossing the last running water at Karanga Valley and climbing to the nearby Camp. Last night was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kilimanjaro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26710","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26714,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26710\/revisions\/26714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}