{"id":29802,"date":"2025-11-05T14:54:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=29802"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:54:58","slug":"team-ready-to-climb-cayambe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/11\/05\/img-news\/team-ready-to-climb-cayambe\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Ready To Climb Cayambe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 5, 2025<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29803\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021127.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[29802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29803\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29803\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021127-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021127-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021127-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021127-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021127-620x827.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021127-146x195.jpg 146w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021127.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMG team takes a break to pose (Romulo Cardenas)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Romulo reports from Ecuador that the team spent the day training on the lower slopes of Cayambe, brushing up on some basic mountaineering skills and roped travel with crampons and ice axes.<\/p>\n<div 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150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-29804'>\n\t\t\t\tStepping into the snowline (Romulo Cardenas)\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\/2025\/11\/1000021128.2.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021128.2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021128.2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021128.2-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021128.2-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021128.2-45x45.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-1-29807'>\n\t\t\t\tSkills in action (Romulo Cardenas)\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\/2025\/11\/1000021136.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021136-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021136-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021136-130x130.jpg 130w, 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