{"id":20862,"date":"2015-04-16T20:19:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T02:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=20862"},"modified":"2015-04-16T22:10:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T04:10:41","slug":"everest-2015-new-icefall-route-proving-fickle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/16\/everest-2015-new-icefall-route-proving-fickle\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest 2015: New Icefall Route Proving Fickle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20842\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/14\/everest-2015-safer-and-shorter-from-head-of-the-icefall-doctors\/p1020161\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20842\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/P1020161-225x169.jpg\" alt=\"Enlarge to see the 2015 route in the Khumbu Icefall. Courtesy of Madison Mountaineering\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enlarge to see the 2015 route in the Khumbu Icefall. Courtesy of Madison Mountaineering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today,     Friday, April 17, a collapse of a four ladder traverse across a huge crevasse in the middle of the Icefall, caused 80 Sherpas to turn back. There were no injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The Icefall Doctors will go back up to inspect the situation and either reinstall the ladders, or find a new route around the crevasse.<\/p>\n<p>So all teams remain at Base Camp. This is not unusual but everyone in getting a bit anxious to get into the Western Cwm.<\/p>\n<p>The attached photo taken by Garrett Madison show the area. You need to zoom in to see the actual ladder and monster crevasse.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, April 18th, is the first anniversary of the death of 16 in the Icefall from the release of an ice serac onto the Khumbu Icefall. 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