{"id":21561,"date":"2019-01-12T21:40:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T05:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=21561"},"modified":"2019-01-12T21:42:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T05:42:22","slug":"ecuador-team-summits-cotopaxi-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/12\/aconcagua\/ecuador-team-summits-cotopaxi-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador Team Summits Cotopaxi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 12, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s catch up with the Ecuador and Aconcagua teams currently in the mountains. Big news today was that Jay, Romulo and their entire team had a great summit of Cotopaxi. Weather was excellent, snow conditions great and the team was strong. They made quick work of the thing.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-21561 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><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\/2019\/01\/antisana-from-cotopaxi_romulo_cardenas.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[21561]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/antisana-from-cotopaxi_romulo_cardenas-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/antisana-from-cotopaxi_romulo_cardenas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/antisana-from-cotopaxi_romulo_cardenas-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/antisana-from-cotopaxi_romulo_cardenas-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/antisana-from-cotopaxi_romulo_cardenas-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21562'>\n\t\t\t\tAntisana from Cotopaxi (Romulo Cardenas)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-crevasse_romulo_cardenas.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[21561]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-crevasse_romulo_cardenas-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Crevasse on Cotopaxi (Romulo Cardenas)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-crevasse_romulo_cardenas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-crevasse_romulo_cardenas-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-crevasse_romulo_cardenas-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-crevasse_romulo_cardenas-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21564'>\n\t\t\t\tCrevasse on Cotopaxi (Romulo Cardenas)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-near-top_romulo_cardenas.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[21561]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-near-top_romulo_cardenas-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-near-top_romulo_cardenas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-near-top_romulo_cardenas-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-near-top_romulo_cardenas-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cotopaxi-near-top_romulo_cardenas-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21565'>\n\t\t\t\tAbout to top out (Romulo Cardenas)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Team has been down at Hacienda La Cienega for a few hours already and is planning on having dinner this evening at <a href=\"http:\/\/incahacienda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hacienda San Augustin<\/a>. Spectacular spot. IMG was probably their first foreign climbing group who were customers once they opened the hacienda to tourists. Sightseeing and visiting some old friends on tap for tomorrow with dinner at Romulo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s place, all local dishes prepared by his wife, Patricia.<\/p>\n<p>Rest day on Aconcagua. Prepping loads for their carries to the next camps and going through the mandatory health checks with the Park. Nice to take a day off.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21563\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bc-aconcagua-plaza-argentina_nickel_wood.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[21561]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21563\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bc-aconcagua-plaza-argentina_nickel_wood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bc-aconcagua-plaza-argentina_nickel_wood.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bc-aconcagua-plaza-argentina_nickel_wood-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bc-aconcagua-plaza-argentina_nickel_wood-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bc-aconcagua-plaza-argentina_nickel_wood-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bc-aconcagua-plaza-argentina_nickel_wood-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bc-aconcagua-plaza-argentina_nickel_wood-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaza Argentina, base camp Aconcagua (Nickel Wood)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tomorrow will mark their first carry to C1. All good with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 12, 2019 Let&#8217;s catch up with the Ecuador and Aconcagua teams currently in the mountains. Big news today was that Jay, Romulo and their entire team had a great summit of Cotopaxi. Weather was excellent, snow conditions great and the team was strong. They made quick work of the thing. 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