{"id":676,"date":"2023-05-28T10:48:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T10:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ausmaxoverland.com\/?p=676"},"modified":"2023-05-28T10:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T10:50:15","slug":"3-everest-the-tibetan-plateau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ausmaxoverland.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/28\/3-everest-the-tibetan-plateau\/","title":{"rendered":"4.1 Everest &#038; the Tibetan Plateau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"694\"  src=\"https:\/\/ausmaxoverland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4170-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ausmaxoverland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4170-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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