{"id":32837,"date":"2019-04-06T06:50:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T12:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=32837"},"modified":"2019-04-06T12:34:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T18:34:12","slug":"everest-2019-when-is-a-rest-day-a-rest-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/06\/everest-2019-when-is-a-rest-day-a-rest-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest 2019: When is a Rest day, a Rest Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, and another step closer to base camp. A bit of news mostly from the Nepal side. I post these headlines on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/01\/everest-2019-team-locations-and-headlines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tracker<\/a> page everyday and update with the latest as I get them and then cover the newest headlines in the next blog post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are the latest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First teams are now at EBC-Nepal in very cold conditions, -18C\/0F<\/li>\n<li>Route opens from Base Camp through the Khumbu Icefall (20 ladders) to Camp 2 &#8211; Nepal<\/li>\n<li>Weather looks to be moving into Nepal over the weekend, could make the trek a bit uncomfortable<\/li>\n<li>EverestLink Internet is being setup at EBC-Nepal for WiFi, not working as of Friday, April 5, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I like what Richard Cost, climbing with &#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/madisonmountaineering.com\/dispatches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madison Mountaineering<\/a>, said on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.cost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Trek to Namche at 10,000 ft. 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