{"id":3359,"date":"2022-03-14T22:20:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T22:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=3359"},"modified":"2022-03-21T21:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T21:20:22","slug":"ecuadorean-volcano-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2022\/03\/14\/ecuadorean-volcano-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuadorean Volcano Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3365 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220318_151305_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220318_151305_01.jpg 2592w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220318_151305_01-300x135.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220318_151305_01-768x346.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220318_151305_01-1024x461.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may have heard that our team experienced incredible success in Ecuador last week, topping out on Pasochoa, then Ruccu Pichincha and finally the big one, Cotopaxi at 19,347 feet.\u00a0 I am so proud of our group and look forward to sharing details with you via a piece in CityView&#8217;s next edition.\u00a0 For now enjoy these few photos in the link below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3369\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220227_122538651_HDR-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220227_122538651_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220227_122538651_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220227_122538651_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>our first summit, Pasochoa was in the clouds. It was remote and our approach was longer than expected.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3370\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220301_125145237_HDR-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220301_125145237_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220301_125145237_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220301_125145237_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The next one, Ruccu Pichincha was similarly cloudy. It was 6.63 miles and 2460 feet of elevation to the summit at 15,358.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 352px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3359-1\" width=\"352\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VID-20220304-WA0014.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VID-20220304-WA0014.mp4\">http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VID-20220304-WA0014.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the money shot. Cotopaxi summit. It was a horrid day weather wise. No views, cold, windy and all you know to expect on high mountain summits. We battled up and topped out in 6.5 hours and 3.5 down.\u00a0 Stay tuned for details next month. So proud of my team. It was one of the best trips I can remember. My brother Todd and our friend Greg joined the merry band to sight see in Ecuador and soak in the Galapagos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3373\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot_20220321-1718512-300x238.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot_20220321-1718512-300x238.png 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot_20220321-1718512-768x610.png 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot_20220321-1718512.png 1014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;the Mayor, Todd Quillen in our &#8220;estate&#8221; in downtown Quito. All he lost was his cellphone due to a pickpocket.\u00a0 You will occasionally have that. It was the only real negative experience.\u00a0 Below are many more photos, please enjoy.\u00a0 Contact me if you want to have your own custom outdoor experience!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3361\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220314_181555203-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220314_181555203-300x293.png 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220314_181555203.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; You may have heard that our team experienced incredible success in Ecuador last week, topping out on Pasochoa, then Ruccu Pichincha and finally the big one, Cotopaxi at 19,347 feet.\u00a0 I am so proud of our group and look &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2022\/03\/14\/ecuadorean-volcano-success\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3359"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3374,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3359\/revisions\/3374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}