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Our climbing team is having a cloudy and rainy week across Ecuador so far and we all hope that conditions will get better shortly. Starting in Guachala earlier this week the team moved up towards the hut on Cayambe. Despite a smooth start to our team’s summit attempt last night on Cayambe, the weather very quickly turned shortly after roping up and starting up the glacier. Two hours into the climb up the glaciated slopes of Cayambe the clouds appeared out of nowhere and proceeded to dump wet snow on our team. Not long after, the sky was filled with lightning and thunder. At this point our team quickly descended back to the hut. The weather turned on our climbers when they reached around 5,000 meters. It dumped snow most of the night causing Jared and Andrew to be a bit delayed on the departure trying to wait for the hazardous road conditions to improve. Our team is now assessing options for Chimborazo given the weather and our maximum acclimatization height to date.
Mother Nature always gets the final say.
Thank-you Jared for the update and pictures!
Our climbing team in Ecuador continued their acclimatization climbs outside of Quito with a successful summit of Rucu Pinchincha this afternoon. Jared and Andrew were able to beat the change in weather and are now settled in Papallacta. Our team had just started to descend in the cable car when it started to rain. Jared reports that Cayambe was clear this morning before getting clouded in, and Antisana and Cotopaxi had lenticular clouds over them. Currently low clouds are reported in the surrounding hills while raining on and off at Papallacta.
Yesterday Jared and Andrew had an easy day at Papallacta. Completing a short hike in the park up to one of the lakes in the morning. Our team is healthy and doing well. Onward!
Thank you Jared for the awesome pics!!
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Today our Ecuador climbing team successfully summited Pasochoa (13,860ft) outside of Quito, Ecuador. Jared and Andrew got caught in a unexpected afternoon hail storm on the summit which made for a bit of fun for the descent. It poured and hailed on us on the way down which made for a wet ride home to our hotel in Quito. The team is in good spirits and is enjoying the adventure!
It is currently raining with thunder and lightning in Quito. Jared and Andrew are back at the hotel, sorting through some gear for tomorrow’s climb of Rucu Pinchincha. To view our Ecuador team’s upcoming climbing itinerary click here.
So far, so good! Team is one for one in the summit department!
Pictures provided by Jared. Enjoy! 🙂
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