{"id":2412,"date":"2016-04-14T04:24:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T11:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2016-04-14T10:49:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T17:49:48","slug":"lobuche-high-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobuche High Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lobuche is a great training peak for a variety of reasons, including elevation, exposure, mixed terrain, and relative safety.\u00a0 <\/span>Plus, it is very beautiful!\u00a0 <\/span>Last year we had scads of new powder on the route,in fact we had to delay our ascent by a couple of days for this reason.\u00a0 <\/span>This year, all is dry, which should make for an icier ascent.<\/p>\n

\"Looks
Looks like an auspicious day to move up to high camp. Cholatse looks amazing… but, we are climbing Lobuche today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"There
There she is… Lobuche East. Our objective is the false summit, the white bump onthe right side of the ridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Our
Our sherpa teammates are raring to go.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Have
Have gimbal, will travel. (Photo: Justin Merle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To make the day more \u201cpleasant,\u201d and to enhance our odds of success, we start from high camp, about 1,000 vertical feet higher than base camp.\u00a0 <\/span>Moving up takes less than an hour, and affords some beautiful scenery.<\/p>\n

\"Siva
Siva makes brisk progress out of LBC in the way to high camp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We
We are eager to knock this one off.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"LBC
LBC gets smaller by the minute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At high camp, we have lots of time to rest and eat and relax and prepare for the 3 AM wakeup call.\u00a0 <\/span>Walking by 4 AM, we hope to reach the summit within 6 hours.\u00a0 <\/span>Sounds like a lot for just 3,000 feet vertical gain, but we will be on down-slabby rock at night in the cold in our big boots for at least two hours, then on hard ice to the summit.<\/p>\n

\"Emilyo
Emilyo Johnston, AKA Lakhpa Yeti, at LHC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eddie
Eddie savoring LHC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Chris
Chris and Cristiano, conferring at LHC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Siva
Siva toasts our imminent success.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hessians
Hessians at LHC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Here
Here is the photo I promised my lovely mother-in-law, knitter of this custom merino wool hat. THANK YOU, it works wonderfully.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"LBC
LBC looks tiny, far below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Our
Our route will take us up these granite slabs for a couple hours, then we will put on crampons and climb the ice on the far right side of the photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This
This small stone chorten marks LHC. We built a snow-person here last year. Not so much this time….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The water level in the tarn is at least 10 feet below normal. Edges look like something from the Mojave.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ama
Ama Dablam bids us good night as we nod off….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was also an auspicious day to climb because it is my lovely daughter’s 16th birthday! \u00a0Last year, because of the snow storm, we were forced down to LBC and I could call her on the sat phone while watching the red reflex in the eyes of the yaks in the paddock. \u00a0This year we are going for the summit on time… I tried to stay awake until 8 PM (7:15 AM Seattle time) but just could not do it. \u00a0Instead, I hatched a plan to call her from the summit in a few hours, at the end of her birthday. \u00a0Let’s see how it goes…. Miss her and Matthew and Julie very much.<\/p>\n

Question of the day: Will this be more fun than last year?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lobuche is a great training peak for a variety of reasons, including elevation, exposure, mixed terrain, and relative safety.\u00a0 Plus, it is very beautiful!\u00a0 Last year we had scads of new powder on the route,in fact we had to delay our ascent by a couple of days for this reason.\u00a0 This year, all is dry, … Continue reading Lobuche High Camp<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ascent","expedition-everest-2016"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLobuche High Camp - OSM Adventures<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lobuche High Camp - OSM Adventures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lobuche is a great training peak for a variety of reasons, including elevation, exposure, mixed terrain, and relative safety.\u00a0 Plus, it is very beautiful!\u00a0 Last year we had scads of new powder on the route,in fact we had to delay our ascent by a couple of days for this reason.\u00a0 This year, all is dry, … Continue reading Lobuche High Camp →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OSM Adventures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-14T11:24:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-14T17:49:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC01550-800x533.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Pottinger\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Pottinger\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/52916489bad9029b353f31a6610a4646\"},\"headline\":\"Lobuche High Camp\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-14T11:24:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-14T17:49:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":633,\"commentCount\":3,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/DSC01550.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Ascent\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lobuche High Camp - OSM Adventures\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/DSC01550.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-14T11:24:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-14T17:49:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/52916489bad9029b353f31a6610a4646\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/DSC01550.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/DSC01550.jpg\",\"width\":6000,\"height\":4000,\"caption\":\"This small stone chorten marks LHC. We built a snow-person here last year. Not so much this time....\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/lobuche-high-camp\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lobuche High Camp\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/\",\"name\":\"OSM Adventures\",\"description\":\"One Smart Mountaineer\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pottinger.net\\\/osm\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/52916489bad9029b353f31a6610a4646\",\"name\":\"Paul Pottinger\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/797562bbd21875cec055cbf50960d38659acfca8f1570fcfa8386dc69c2f593f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/797562bbd21875cec055cbf50960d38659acfca8f1570fcfa8386dc69c2f593f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/797562bbd21875cec055cbf50960d38659acfca8f1570fcfa8386dc69c2f593f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Pottinger\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lobuche High Camp - OSM Adventures","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lobuche High Camp - OSM Adventures","og_description":"Lobuche is a great training peak for a variety of reasons, including elevation, exposure, mixed terrain, and relative safety.\u00a0 Plus, it is very beautiful!\u00a0 Last year we had scads of new powder on the route,in fact we had to delay our ascent by a couple of days for this reason.\u00a0 This year, all is dry, … Continue reading Lobuche High Camp →","og_url":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/","og_site_name":"OSM Adventures","article_published_time":"2016-04-14T11:24:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-04-14T17:49:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC01550-800x533.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Paul Pottinger","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/"},"author":{"name":"Paul Pottinger","@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/#\/schema\/person\/52916489bad9029b353f31a6610a4646"},"headline":"Lobuche High Camp","datePublished":"2016-04-14T11:24:02+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-14T17:49:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/"},"wordCount":633,"commentCount":3,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC01550.jpg","articleSection":["Ascent"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/","url":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/","name":"Lobuche High Camp - OSM Adventures","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC01550.jpg","datePublished":"2016-04-14T11:24:02+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-14T17:49:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/#\/schema\/person\/52916489bad9029b353f31a6610a4646"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC01550.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC01550.jpg","width":6000,"height":4000,"caption":"This small stone chorten marks LHC. We built a snow-person here last year. Not so much this time...."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2016\/04\/lobuche-high-camp\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobuche High Camp"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/","name":"OSM Adventures","description":"One Smart Mountaineer","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/#\/schema\/person\/52916489bad9029b353f31a6610a4646","name":"Paul Pottinger","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/797562bbd21875cec055cbf50960d38659acfca8f1570fcfa8386dc69c2f593f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/797562bbd21875cec055cbf50960d38659acfca8f1570fcfa8386dc69c2f593f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/797562bbd21875cec055cbf50960d38659acfca8f1570fcfa8386dc69c2f593f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Paul Pottinger"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC01550.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pahVio-CU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489,"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions\/2489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}