{"id":26758,"date":"2023-03-21T09:23:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T17:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=26758"},"modified":"2023-03-21T09:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T17:23:46","slug":"everest-gear-on-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2023\/03\/21\/everest\/everest-gear-on-the-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest Gear On The Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ang Jangbu reports from Kathmandu that our team finished packing up all the food and equipment, and it is on the way to Everest!\u00c2\u00a0 Yesterday the team loaded the big container truck which is now en route with head cook Kaji Sherpa, heading east to Thaksindu (the end of the road). \u00c2\u00a0If the weather cooperates, the gear will be flown by helicopter sling load from Thaksindu up to Shyangboche (above Namche) in the next couple days.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26760\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Loading-the-container-truck-in-Kathmandu-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26758]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26760\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Loading-the-container-truck-in-Kathmandu-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Loading-the-container-truck-in-Kathmandu-Phunuru-Sherpa.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Loading-the-container-truck-in-Kathmandu-Phunuru-Sherpa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Loading-the-container-truck-in-Kathmandu-Phunuru-Sherpa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Loading-the-container-truck-in-Kathmandu-Phunuru-Sherpa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Loading-the-container-truck-in-Kathmandu-Phunuru-Sherpa-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Loading-the-container-truck-in-Kathmandu-Phunuru-Sherpa-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Loading-the-container-truck-in-Kathmandu-Phunuru-Sherpa-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loading the container truck in Kathmandu (Phunuru Sherpa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Up at Everest Base Camp our sherpas Ang Karma and Nima Sona report that there was recently a big snowstorm in the Khumbu and everything looks like winter!\u00c2\u00a0 They have secured the campsite that was previously claimed by Sonam Dorje, and begun to set up tents.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a lot of work to do building tent platforms in the rubble and ice of the moraine and setting up the big tents.\u00c2\u00a0 The rest of our sherpa advance team will be joining them in the next couple days to complete the build out of Base Camp.\u00c2\u00a0 So far so good at Mt Everest!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eric Simonson<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26759\" style=\"width: 1891px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Building-tent-platform-at-Base-Camp-Eric-Simonson.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[26758]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26759\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Building-tent-platform-at-Base-Camp-Eric-Simonson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1881\" height=\"922\" 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