{"id":29817,"date":"2025-11-10T14:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=29817"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:08:14","slug":"full-weekend-in-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/11\/10\/img-news\/full-weekend-in-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Weekend In Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 10, 2025<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29818\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021213.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[29817]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29818\" class=\"wp-image-29818 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021213-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Stunning image of Cotopaxi, stars and mountain reflecting in Limpiopungo Lagoon (Romulo Cardenas)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021213-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021213-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021213-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021213-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021213-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021213-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021213.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stunning image of Cotopaxi, stars and mountain reflecting in Limpiopungo Lagoon (Romulo Cardenas)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was a busy weekend in Ecuador!\u00a0 Friday was spent in San Cuco where the the team enjoyed fine Ecuadorian cuisine and local fruit, followed by a visit with famed Ecuadorian explorer, climber, photographer, journalist and pilot, Jorge Anhalzer.\u00a0 Jorge, who is well known for his contribution in photographing the South American landscape, personally autographed some of his books for the team!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29817 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><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\/1000021211.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29817]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021211-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021211-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021211-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021211-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021211-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021211-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021211-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021211.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-29819'>\n\t\t\t\tEnjoying Ecuadorian cuisine (Romulo Cardenas)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021215.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[29817]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021215-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021215-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021215-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021215-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021215-620x827.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021215-146x195.jpg 146w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1000021215.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-29820'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team meets Jorge Anhalzer (Romulo Cardenas)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On Saturday the team hiked to the hut on Cotopaxi and prepared themselves for their summit attempt after dinner and early bedtime.\u00a0 After an early start on Sunday, the team attempted Cotopaxi but unfortunately poor weather conditions prevented the team from summiting.<\/p>\n<p>Today the team is back in sight-seeing mode in San Agustin where they visited historic Inca ruins and a flower plantation.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-29817 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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