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andreeacorodeanu - Oct 10, 2009 3:07 pm Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009
Route Climbed: Southwestern Ridge (Normal Route)Climbed with Boriss (ECU) by the southwestern ridge. I liked the scramble to both summits. Strong winds almost pushed me down to the crater side.
Amazing views during sunset. I enjoyed it a lot. Got a little sick at night.
Nice moonscape of the paramo. Giant frailejones are stunning!
Boriss Andean - Oct 5, 2009 3:08 pm Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009
Route Climbed: Southwestern Ridge (Normal Route)Climbed with Andreea (ROM) by the southwestern ridge. Extremelly windy above 4,500 meters. Got to the summit (4,748 m / 15,577 ft) after two and a half hours of hiking and scrambling.
Spent the night at the concrete house. Amazing views of the other Ecuadorian mountains to the south during the sunset hours.