{"id":36152,"date":"2020-07-24T17:31:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T16:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=36152"},"modified":"2020-07-24T17:31:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T16:31:42","slug":"zamora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/zamora\/","title":{"rendered":"Zamora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"525\" data-attachment-id=\"36153\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/zamora\/screenshot-2020-07-24-at-17-31-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-24-at-17.31.10.png\" data-orig-size=\"1058,542\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot-2020-07-24-at-17.31.10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-24-at-17.31.10-1024x525.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-24-at-17.31.10-1024x525.png\" alt=\"Zamora\" class=\"wp-image-36153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-24-at-17.31.10-1024x525.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-24-at-17.31.10-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-24-at-17.31.10-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-24-at-17.31.10-676x346.png 676w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-24-at-17.31.10.png 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Zamora<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Eddied out in a remote Ecuadorian village, politics and local beliefs force a group of kayakers to desert their hopes of a first descent on the Rio Mulatos and Rio Coangos. 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