Ecuador 2019: Climbing the Volcanoes: Final Trip Report
Climbing three volcanoes in Ecuador was a pleasant, rewarding experience. One that I would repeat. I found Ecuador to be filled with […]
Category: Cotopaxi
Ecuador 2019: Climbing the Volcanoes: Chimborazo “Summit”
Chimborazo proved to be the toughest of the three climbs this week. We got very near the summit of 20,703-feet/6,310-meters, it was […]
Ecuador 2019: Climbing the Volcanoes: Cotopaxi Summit!!!
Our Mountain Madness team summited Cotopaxi, 19,348-foot/5897-meters, around dawn this morning January 25, 2019. It was a good climb with everyone making it […]
Ecuador 2019: Climbing the Volcanoes: Cotopaxi Up Next
As I wrote in the last blog, Cayambe iced us off the upper slopes so now Cotopaxi is up next. After Cayambe, […]
Ecuador 2019: Climbing the Volcanoes: Cayambe’s Ice Age
“Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.” Today we were the bug on Cayambe! Before I get to the crash, let’s […]
Ecuador Volcanoes 2019: Acclimatization and Rare Bird Sightings!
Ecuador keeps getting better and better. Today was a real acclimatization hike on a super trail above Quito We had another fabulous […]
Ecuador 2019: Climbing the Volcanoes: Quito
When I started telling people that “I am going to Ecuador to”, I never got out the “climb volcanoes” part before they […]