"Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife into the piano. The woodworms are so bad and eat hell out of all furniture that you can always claim the woodworms did it."
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Boriss Andean - Feb 26, 2010 6:36 pm Date Climbed: Feb 26, 2010
Route Climbed: South Ridge.Wow, I haven't climbed this mountain since 2001. It's not a popular mountain due to its typical bad weather.
Climbed with Franz (HOL), Justin (ENG), Jonnathan (ENG) and Jaime (ECU).
We started our climb/hike at 3,700 m at 5:45 am. Climbed and scrambled by a long steep ridge that ended up at the true summit.
Got to the top (4,791 m/ 15,718 ft) 3 hours later:it snowed a lot during the approaching but it lasted only 1 hour.
It cleared up a bit on the way down and we were able to see Illinizas and Cotopaxi in the east, as well as Tungurahua erupting in the distance.
Very enjoyable.
Hotfeet - Jan 26, 2008 11:04 am Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2008
Confusion on CorazonA very beautiful area but very confusing trailhead and routes indeed. We spent so long finding our route that by the time we did we needed to turn back.