Last week at the climbing club of the “Escuela Politécnica Nacional”, Ivan Vallejo showed us some pictures, not from his latest adventures in the eight thousands, but from his first mountaineering steps in the Ecuadorian Andes where he climbed some really amazing routes -some of them have not been repeated yet-.
I appreciate very much the [...]
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Ivan Vallejo, learning from his life story.
La Cara Oculta del Cotopaxi. (The Hidden Face of Cotopaxi)
Last weekend, we tried to climb Cotopaxi by the route in the south face, we didn´t reach the summit, but the mountain gave us a great lesson. Jose Andrade, director of the School of Mountaineering of Pichincha (EPAM) shares his experience in the Cotopaxi. This is a wonderful guest post in Spanish. Enjoy it!
“The hidden [...]
Climbing Cayambe Volcano is Always an Interesting Task
The Cayambe volcano (5,790 m) is my favorite mountain in Ecuador. Whenever I feel stressed out or tired of the city, I plan a escapade to climb the Cayambe. It is a great and noble mountain.
It was almost 3 months that I had not climbed any mountain. In part was because of the weather [...]
Lo felicito por esa buena experiencia. Soy Colombiano, pero gran admirador del Ecuador, su gente y sus montañas. Tuve la ...
Vladimir -- what would you like to know about the race? 
I saw you on TV the other morning and I think you are incredible. I think you are an ...