Cordillera Oriental (Ecuador) > Cayambe > Climber's LogCayambe Climber's Log
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| Engendradodelayuca | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: Julio 2001 | |
| Tuvimos que volver por el clima, mucho viento. | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2004 7:36 pm | ||
| Miguel Angel Perez | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: Dec. 24, 2003 | |
| Started at 12:00 am from the Hut with a lot of strong winds. Glacier and snow conditions were not good. Lot of creveases dangerously hidden. Turned arround at 6:00 am due to the terrible weather conditions and hypothermia of some partners. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2004 9:12 am | ||
| Tom Fralich | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: January 5, 2004  | |
| Left the hut in light snow and clouds, but luckily, things cleared up and we had very good conditions all the way to the summit. Since no one had been to the summit in a few weeks, there was no track, but routefinding was pretty straightforward thanks to a full moon. There were lots of hidden crevasses on the lower glacier (near Pico Jarrin) and we punched through several times. The upper glacier was heavily crevassed and required some routefinding. The last slopes below the summit were steep (50m of 55 degrees) and there was a HUGE crevasse just below the summit. I tried to climb through directly (20m of 90 degrees), but the ice was poor and the climbing awkward, so I backed down and we decided to traverse left to pass the crevasse/ice wall. After traversing about 100m on 55 degree slopes, we were able to climb past the crevasse (3m of 60 degrees) and on to the summit. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2004 1:46 pm | ||
| Jerry L | Date Climbed: February 21, 2003 | |
| My son and I woke up in the early morning with a terrible stomach virus. We immediately descended and headed straight for Otovalo where we laid in a hotel room for (36) hours, sick as could be. | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2003 4:45 am | ||
| miztflip | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: 02/11/03 | |
| The conditions are getting worse and worse due to the erupting neighbor Reventador. The mountian is covered in ash and is all ice. Our lead rope member blew a bridge and took a long fall. After getting high on the mountain and only gaining 10 feet for every 100 feet traveled due to crevasses, be bagged the climb at aroung 18,000. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2003 9:14 am | ||
| tonybell1 | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: January 13, 2003 | |
| Horrible snow conditions. The mountain was covered by debris from a volcanic eruption nearby (not Cayambe) and there had been no recent snow. We crossed many crevasses and there were innumerable penatentes up high. | |
| Posted Feb 24, 2003 7:00 pm | ||
| gato | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: March 2002 | |
| A spectacular and technical route, with huge crevasses and awe-inspiring glaciers. Ecuador is a wonderful place for climbing volcanoes. We did smell sulfur on the route, indicating at least a little volcanic activity. | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2002 1:40 pm | ||
| mdostby | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: January 2000 | |
| One of the most awesome climbs I have ever done. Ecuador is one of the most beautiful countries I've climbed in. | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2001 9:02 pm | ||
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