{"id":20948,"date":"2018-11-02T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T01:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=20948"},"modified":"2018-11-02T17:41:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T01:41:38","slug":"november-ecuador-program-in-full-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/02\/ecuador-volcanoes\/november-ecuador-program-in-full-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"November Ecuador Program In Full Swing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 2, 2018<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20951\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Straddling-the-equator-Camilo-Cardenas.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[20948]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20951\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Straddling-the-equator-Camilo-Cardenas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Straddling-the-equator-Camilo-Cardenas.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Straddling-the-equator-Camilo-Cardenas-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Straddling-the-equator-Camilo-Cardenas-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Straddling-the-equator-Camilo-Cardenas-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Straddling the equator (Camilo Cardenas)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The November Ecuador program is in full swing. All the team members arrived with their duffels.\u00c2\u00a0There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always that moment of anticipation waiting for your duffel to drop onto the luggage carousel, but we hit 100% this time, 7 climbers and 14 duffel bags.\u00c2\u00a0First thing on the agenda today after some scrambled eggs was a visit to the equator including a little lecture on astronomy, cool stuff.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20948 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/An-astronomy-lesson-at-the-equator-Luke-reilly.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[20948]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/An-astronomy-lesson-at-the-equator-Luke-reilly-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/An-astronomy-lesson-at-the-equator-Luke-reilly-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/An-astronomy-lesson-at-the-equator-Luke-reilly-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/An-astronomy-lesson-at-the-equator-Luke-reilly.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/An-astronomy-lesson-at-the-equator-Luke-reilly-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/An-astronomy-lesson-at-the-equator-Luke-reilly-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/An-astronomy-lesson-at-the-equator-Luke-reilly-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20949'>\n\t\t\t\tAn astronomy lesson at the equator (Luke reilly)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Decorated-tombs-for-D\u00c3\u00ada-de-Los-Muertos-Luke-reilly.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[20948]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Decorated-tombs-for-D\u00c3\u00ada-de-Los-Muertos-Luke-reilly.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20950\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20950'>\n\t\t\t\tDecorated tombs for D\u00c3\u00ada de Los Muertos (Luke reilly)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our trip this year lined up with Dia de los Muertos; a holiday devoted to honoring the dead.\u00c2\u00a0After a short drive up north to the town of Otavalo, the group visited the beautifully decorated tombstones and witnessed some very interesting festivities.\u00c2\u00a0We all finished off the day with some pizza and laughs and are prepping for our first acclimatization hike to Fuya Fuya in the morning.\u00c2\u00a0We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re off to a good start!<\/p>\n<p>Luke Reilly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 2, 2018 &nbsp; The November Ecuador program is in full swing. 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