{"id":30290,"date":"2026-11-08T10:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T18:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=30290"},"modified":"2026-11-09T10:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T18:09:56","slug":"ecuador-team-warming-up-for-cayambe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2026\/11\/08\/img-news\/ecuador-team-warming-up-for-cayambe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador Team Warming Up for Cayambe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 7, 2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30294\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030848.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[30290]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30294\" class=\"wp-image-30294 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030848-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030848-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030848-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030848-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030848-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030848-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030848-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030848.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMG Ecuador Team (Romulo Cardenas)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>IMG Guide Romulo Cardenas checked in to update us on the Ecuador Volanoes team!\u00a0 After perusing the famous Otavalo market, the IMG team hiked around Cuicocha, a crater lake at the base of Cotacachi Volcano (dormant stratovolcano).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-30290 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\/2026\/11\/1000030995.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[30290]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030995-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030995-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030995-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030995-70x70.jpg 70w, 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src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030844-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030844-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030844-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030844-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030844-45x45.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-1-30291'>\n\t\t\t\tCotacachi Volcano in the distance (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\/2026\/11\/1000030846.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[30290]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030846-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030846-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030846-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030846-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000030846-45x45.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-1-30292'>\n\t\t\t\tLake Cuicocha (Romulo 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