{"id":27018,"date":"2023-07-20T12:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=27018"},"modified":"2023-07-20T12:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:49:38","slug":"kilimanjaro-climbers-reach-shira-camp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2023\/07\/20\/img-news\/kilimanjaro-climbers-reach-shira-camp-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilimanjaro climbers reach Shira Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 20, 2023<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27019\" style=\"width: 1522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Giant-heather-and-groundsel-plants-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-rotated.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[27018]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27019\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Giant-heather-and-groundsel-plants-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Giant-heather-and-groundsel-plants-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-rotated.jpeg 1512w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Giant-heather-and-groundsel-plants-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Giant-heather-and-groundsel-plants-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Giant-heather-and-groundsel-plants-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Giant-heather-and-groundsel-plants-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-940x1253.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Giant-heather-and-groundsel-plants-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-620x827.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Giant-heather-and-groundsel-plants-on-the-way-to-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-146x195.jpeg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant heather and groundsel plants on the way to Shira Camp (Ang Jangbu)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_27020\" style=\"width: 2026px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kilimanjaro-from-Machame-Camp-at-dawn-Ang-Jangbu.jpeg\" rel=\"lightbox[27018]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kilimanjaro-from-Machame-Camp-at-dawn-Ang-Jangbu.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kilimanjaro-from-Machame-Camp-at-dawn-Ang-Jangbu.jpeg 2016w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kilimanjaro-from-Machame-Camp-at-dawn-Ang-Jangbu-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kilimanjaro-from-Machame-Camp-at-dawn-Ang-Jangbu-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kilimanjaro-from-Machame-Camp-at-dawn-Ang-Jangbu-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kilimanjaro-from-Machame-Camp-at-dawn-Ang-Jangbu-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kilimanjaro-from-Machame-Camp-at-dawn-Ang-Jangbu-940x705.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kilimanjaro-from-Machame-Camp-at-dawn-Ang-Jangbu-620x465.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Kilimanjaro-from-Machame-Camp-at-dawn-Ang-Jangbu-195x146.jpeg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kilimanjaro from Machame Camp at dawn (Ang Jangbu)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_27021\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[27018]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27021\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/July-Kilimanjaro-team-at-Shira-Camp-Ang-Jangbu-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">July Kilimanjaro team at Shira Camp (Ang Jangbu)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ang Jangbu reports that the team woke up to a beautiful morning at Machame Camp.\u00c2\u00a0 The weather stayed good all day and they had a gorgeous five and a half hour hike up to the Shira Camp at about 12,500 feet, arriving in time for a late lunch.\u00c2\u00a0 Along the way they departed the rainforest and entered the &#8220;zone of weird plants&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 These include lobelia, groundsel and giant heather which are only found at high altitudes near the Equator on Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya, and a few other places.\u00c2\u00a0 From Shira the team had a great views of Kilimanjaro and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was a nice opportunity for a photo of their entire team including their local Chagga guides, cook staff and porters. Everyone is doing well and tomorrow they will continue their climb to the Barranco Camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 20, 2023 Ang Jangbu reports that the team woke up to a beautiful morning at Machame Camp.\u00c2\u00a0 The weather stayed good all day and they had a gorgeous five and a half hour hike up to the Shira Camp at about 12,500 feet, arriving in time for a late lunch.\u00c2\u00a0 Along the way they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-img-news","category-kilimanjaro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27018","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=27018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27022,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27018\/revisions\/27022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}