This was already our second attempt for Chimborazo as wewere notsuccessful 3 days ago and this time, we were onour own(no guide).First we wanted to exploreif the snow conditions had changed as 3 days ago, we were takenby our guide in the middle of the night only one hour up the main path to realize that it was too dangerous due...

Day 1 Just back from the Illiniza Norte in El Chaupi, we are picked up by our Guide Diego Castillo to drive us to the Cotopaxi Nationalpark, where we reach the gate short before it closes (official closing is at 15:00). As I was still feeling the bad night sleeping high at Illinizas and a little headache, our guide could arrange...

Day 1 We leave Quito early in the morning to go by bus to El Chaupi where we were supposed to meet the owner of the refugee (Vladimir) to drive us up to the trail head for the Illinizas. We had no problems finding his house as everybody in this tiny village knew about it. Vladimirs appeared some minutes later and after we...

Day 1 At 07:00 we took a taxi to Terminal Terrestre in Quito, where we were immediately able to jump on a bus to Riobamba. 4 hours later, quite on time, we were picked up by our guide Diego Tenemaza and two other guys who brought us - sometimes not really sure about the way - to Hacienda Releche (1 hour drive from Riobamba)....

Nach einem reichhaltigen Frühstück mit den berühmten Pancakes von Doña Aida, kam José um 07:00 und wir starteten ein paar 100 Meter die Strasse hoch bis zu einer Brücke. Vor der Brücke geht rechts eine Pflasterstrasse zum Ausgangspunkt (Wegweiser). Unsere Camioneta (Pick-up) fuhr diese...