{"id":2298,"date":"2010-11-28T08:34:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T16:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2010-11-28T08:34:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-28T16:34:54","slug":"no-summit-but-not-defeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/28\/ecuador-volcanoes\/no-summit-but-not-defeated\/","title":{"rendered":"No Summit But Not Defeated"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 28, 2010<\/p>\n

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Cotopaxi.<\/p><\/div>\n

While we were feeding our faces with Thanksgiving dinner and then again with the leftovers the following weekend, our team in Ecuador has been working hard!<\/p>\n

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On Thanksgiving day the team left the refugio on Cotopaxi on a great summit day but as Greg said his “mountain senses” were tingling so they dug a snow pit to confirm what they were feeling. Sure enough they found faceted granules about 25-30 inches down on a layer of ice. This made turning around at 17,929ft a little easier…painful nonetheless.\u00c2\u00a0 Not defeated, the team went horseback riding that afternoon then enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving dinner of their own.<\/p>\n

They awoke at their hacienda to some light rain. Next up was Cayambe. As the rain turned to snow near the hut it became clear that the 4×4 jeeps were not going to be able to make it all the way to the hut – what’s a little load carrying amongst friends right? Summit night brought more and more snow with limited to no visibility so climbing Cayambe just wasn’t in the cards.<\/p>\n

Good decisions behind them, they’re on their way back to Quito today so a couple team members can head back home on some scheduled flights while some others are stick around for the extension and possibly a climb of Chimborazo or an alternate mountain should Chimbo be unclimbable at the moment.<\/p>\n

That’s all for now…<\/p>\n

Tye Chapman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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