Monday, February 26, 2007

Climbing Chimborazo!!!

Hi,
Arrival - Chimborazo in the background
Well i´m safely back from my first serious mountaineering attempt...Have to say this was the physically hardest thing i have ever done!!! Didn´t make it to the summit but did make it to 6000m, almost 3/4 of the way up. The last section involved climbing a huge glacier with crampons and a ice axe. It was bloody tough going and i almost made it to the top before hitting the 'wall' and becoming completely exhausted and unable to take another painful step.

On the mountainWe started the hike at 10pm from the refugee so was a unusual experience hiking up a mountain in complete darkness and only being able to see 2ft in front! None of us really got much sleep either as we arrived at 3pm and had dinner at 5 before going to bed at 6!! Don't think i've ever gone to bed that early before! It was a really different weekend experience. There were 7 of us all up 3 guys, one tough english girl + 3 excellent guides!

Views!

The conditions were also very tough with near gale force winds blowing and a -15 wind chill factor! Yeeckks..One tough army guy in our group of 4 was the only one to make it up. I saw his one and only pic from the summit and he looked completely miserable so I don´t feel so bad about not making it up!!!

More great views
So am now back in Quito planning my next trip - to a somewhereA totally shattered me about to turn back. A shame u can't see the wind! warm and a bit more inviting, the Galapagos islands! Enjoy the pics, hasta semana....

7 Comments:

Blogger Unhinged Monica said...

It looks like a place to go!

Take care

Monica

12:24 AM  
Blogger Paul Ma said...

I read your account with interest. Sounds like a real adventure. Pity you didn't make it to the top. Mind if I ask a few questions because you got me hooked on Chimborazo.

- Which climbing company did you join up with?

- Are they any good? Would you recommend them to others?

- How safe is Quito for tourists? I heard of plenty of robberies etc.

If you don't mind, please reply to paulma8 at hot mail dot com. Thanks.

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