{"id":2256,"date":"2010-11-19T08:33:56","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T16:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2010-11-19T08:34:57","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T16:34:57","slug":"ecuador-team-catching-their-breath-in-quito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/19\/ecuador-volcanoes\/ecuador-team-catching-their-breath-in-quito\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador Team Catching Their Breath In Quito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 19, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Guides have arrived, team has arrived and all the luggage has  arrived.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to get this party started!\u00c2\u00a0 Today, the group get to see a  bit of Quito and learn about the culture.\u00c2\u00a0 Heading to Otavalo this afternoon  and a chance to shop for some of the wide assortment of nice quality Ecuadorian  folk art.\u00c2\u00a0 Plus, they simply need some time to acclimate.\u00c2\u00a0 In Quito, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re  already at 9,000 ft.\u00c2\u00a0 No matter how fit, you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t rush  acclimatization.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2256 gallery-columns-2 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\/2010\/11\/Ornate-gold-leaf-in-La-Compania-in-old-town-Quito-ershler.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2256]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Ornate-gold-leaf-in-La-Compania-in-old-town-Quito-ershler-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2259\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2259'>\n\t\t\t\tOrnate gold leaf in La Compania in old town Quito. (Photo by Phil Ershler)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><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\/2010\/11\/Quito-tye-chapman.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2256]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Quito-tye-chapman-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2258\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2258'>\n\t\t\t\tQuito near the Presidential Palace\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Guides for this program are IMG Senior Guide, Greg Vernovage,  and my great friend and Ecuadorian partner, Romulo Cardenas.\u00c2\u00a0 Romulo reports  that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been raining the last few days.\u00c2\u00a0 Good for the snow coverage in the  mountains but it can stop any time now.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 19, 2010 Guides have arrived, team has arrived and all the luggage has arrived.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to get this party started!\u00c2\u00a0 Today, the group get to see a bit of Quito and learn about the culture.\u00c2\u00a0 Heading to Otavalo this afternoon and a chance to shop for some of the wide assortment of nice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecuador-volcanoes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2266,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions\/2266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}