{"id":23755,"date":"2019-11-13T11:16:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T19:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=23755"},"modified":"2019-11-13T11:20:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T19:20:43","slug":"ecuador-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/13\/ecuador-volcanoes\/ecuador-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 12, 2019<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23757\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[23755]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23757\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team prepping for their attempt on Cayambe (Rikki Dunn)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our November expedition to Ecuador is off to a great start! Rikki Dunn and Romulo Cardenas are showing the team more of Ecuador than ever imagined possible&#8211;first a tour of old town Quito, then a visit with a local weaver friend in the town of Peguche, followed by a jaunt through the market of Otavalo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23756\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[23755]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23756\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn-1-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Team-prepping-for-their-attempt-on-Cayambe-Rikki-Dunn-1-195x146.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team prepping for their attempt on Cayambe (Rikki Dunn)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Acclimatization was the next order of business with hikes up Fuya Fuya and Imbabura. You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t shortcut acclimatization and now\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the time to squeeze in as many hikes as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The team is heading to the hut on Cayambe now that the acclimatization hikes are complete. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be spending two nights there before taking a summit shot. A little more acclimatization and a bit of refresher training thrown in, to boot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doing well!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ershler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 12, 2019 Our November expedition to Ecuador is off to a great start! 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