{"id":30311,"date":"2026-11-10T16:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T00:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=30311"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T00:39:09","slug":"ready-for-cayambe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2026\/11\/10\/ecuador-volcanoes\/ready-for-cayambe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready For Cayambe!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 9, 2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30312\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031251.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[30311]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30312\" class=\"size-large wp-image-30312\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031251-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031251-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031251-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031251-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031251-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031251-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031251-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031251.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMG climbers at the summit of Imbabura (Romulo Cardenas)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>IMG Guide Romulo Cardenas reports that our Ecuador team spent another day acclimatizing as they hiked and scrambled to the top of Imbabura (15,109&#8242;), yet another inactive stratovolcano in northern Ecuador.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-30311 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\/1000031249.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[30311]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031249-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031249-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031249-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1000031249-70x70.jpg 70w, 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