{"id":1168,"date":"2010-11-24T21:18:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T21:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/withinrch.wordpress.com\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2010-11-24T21:18:28","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T21:18:28","slug":"climbing-ecuadors-amazing-volcanoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2010\/11\/24\/climbing-ecuadors-amazing-volcanoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Climbing Ecuador&#8217;s Amazing Volcanoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adventure travel to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/ecuador\/\">Ecuador<\/a><\/strong> includes visiting the high peaks of the <em>Cordillera de los Andes<\/em>. Many of Ecuador&#8217;s volcanoes are capped with glaciers, offering beautiful scenery and interesting climbing objectives for mountain lovers. Our trips to these peaks take climbers to the world\u2019s highest active volcano (<strong>Cotopaxi <\/strong>at 5,897 m \/ 19,347 ft) to appreciate the magnificent, huge summit cone. Other peaks include <strong>Chimborazo<\/strong> (6,310 m \/ 20,702 ft) and <strong>Cayambe<\/strong> (5,790 m \/ 18,996 ft).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cotopaxi\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/images\/newsletter%20photos\/cotopaxi_peak.jpg?resize=224%2C168\" alt=\"Cotopaxi\" width=\"224\" height=\"168\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cotopaxi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our itineraries, ideal for modern adventurers and mountaineers, include a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/ecuador\/overview.php?tripid=109\">14-Day Six Ecuadorian Peaks<\/a><\/strong> trip and an <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/ecuador\/overview.php?tripid=110\">11-Day Four Ecuadorian Peaks<\/a><\/strong> trip. If your goal is to trek and climb in these majestic mountains, it is worthwhile to summit and trek on several peaks. Both trips start with the relatively low altitude summit of <strong>Fuya-Fuya<\/strong> (4,294 m \/ 14,088 ft)<strong><\/strong>, allowing climbers to acclimatize for the higher altitudes that await them.<\/p>\n<p>Our trips include a day with a practical snow and ice technique course on the <strong>Cayambe<\/strong> glacier. The course covers ice axe and crampon  work as well as progression in snowfields, rope handling, belay  in snow, and self-arrest technique. This practical training insures the safety of the group and prepares climbers for their summit attempts on <strong>Cotopaxi <\/strong>and <strong>Chimborazo<\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While traveling through the high country of Ecuador, trekkers will be able to visit the <strong>Old City of Quito<\/strong> and discover the charming little thermal town of <strong>Ba\u00f1os<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in a trip including <strong>Ecuadorian Volcanoes <\/strong>and the<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/ecuador\/galapagos\/islands.html\">Galapagos<\/a><\/strong> should consider joining guide, mountaineer, and adventure racer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshallulrich.com\/index.html\">Marshall Ulrich<\/a><\/strong> on his trip scheduled for <strong>January 7-24, 2011<\/strong>. Visit his website, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshallulrich.com\/guide.htm\">marshallulrich.com<\/a><\/strong>, to learn more about his trip or to sign up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adventure travel to Ecuador includes visiting the high peaks of the Cordillera de los Andes. Many of Ecuador&#8217;s volcanoes are capped with glaciers, offering beautiful scenery and interesting climbing objectives for mountain lovers. Our trips to these peaks take climbers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2010\/11\/24\/climbing-ecuadors-amazing-volcanoes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecuador","category-trekking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xxsg-iQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}