{"id":23776,"date":"2019-11-19T13:48:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=23776"},"modified":"2019-11-19T13:48:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:48:22","slug":"cotopaxi-summit-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/19\/ecuador-volcanoes\/cotopaxi-summit-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotopaxi Summit Photos!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 19, 2019<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-23776 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\/11\/IMG_4900-scaled.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[23776]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4900-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4900-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4900-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4900-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4900-45x45.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-1-23780'>\n\t\t\t\tClimbing Cotopaxi (Rikki Dunn)\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\/2019\/11\/IMG_4896-scaled.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[23776]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4896-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4896-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4896-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4896-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4896-45x45.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-1-23778'>\n\t\t\t\tClimbing Cotopaxi (Rikki Dunn)\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\/2019\/11\/IMG_4898-scaled.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[23776]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4898-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-23779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4898-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4898-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4898-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4898-45x45.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-1-23779'>\n\t\t\t\tOn the summit of Cotopaxi (Rikki Dunn)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The team&#8217;s recent summit of Cotopaxi was followed by a visit to a couple of haciendas, including the spectacular San Augustin.\u00c2\u00a0 They also visited the home of a famous Ecuadorian climber\/guide\/photographer and very dear friend \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jorge Anhalzer.\u00c2\u00a0 Romulo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wife, Patricia entertained the team at their home and then it was time to get some of our members back to Quito and on flights home Monday.\u00c2\u00a0 They should be home later today.<\/p>\n<p>Four members are staying with Rikki and Romulo and going to take a shot at Chimborazo.\u00c2\u00a0 This one a bit of a tougher challenge than Cayambe and Cotopaxi.\u00c2\u00a0 A lot depends on getting lucky\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 lucky with weather and lucky with the conditions on the mountain. 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