Cordillera Oriental (Ecuador) > Cotopaxi > Climber's LogCotopaxi Climber's Log
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| karore | Good climb  Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2011 | |
| Hard climb, coming down was harder because altitude gave me a asthmatic cough. | ||
| Posted Oct 8, 2011 11:35 am | ||
| ferbat | Cotopaxi Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2008 | |
| Great peak ! | ||
| Posted Aug 12, 2011 4:55 am | ||
| xpda | Second Try Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2009 | |
| Made it! | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2011 9:57 pm | ||
| dunsum | summit Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2011 | |
| Climbed with my friend, Jonas Haag. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2011 4:41 pm | ||
| 7summits | icey and crevassed Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2010 | |
| cold, windy and icy and a very crevassed route, the normal route had changed because of this. Summited with zero visibility and a layer of ice on me. Met Ivan Vallejos, so that was more fun than the summit :) | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2011 1:13 pm | ||
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| Boriss Andean | Ivan vallejo! | |
| I bet it was more fun. Ivan Vallejo is a legend and a great person!.. He is the 7th climber out of 10 who climbed ALL 8000'ers without supplementary oxygen. He is the only South American to do so, and the second in the whole continent after Ed Viesturs from the USA. | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2011 1:41 pm | ||
| edomar2611 | Normal Route in a snow storm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2008 | |
| I climbed Cotopaxi during a snowy storm, leading for the first time a group of three persons. No panorama! | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2011 8:34 am | ||
| cookedfish | Beautiful Mountain Date Climbed: Nov 15, 2010 | |
| My buddy and I, who were spending the semester studying in Ecuador, made it up over the weekend with a local guide. Cotopaxi was a beautiful mountain, an easy enough climb for the beginners that we were, and a good experience with our guide. It certainly helps to live in Quito awhile in order to acclimatize. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2011 3:29 pm | ||
| wmolland | Cloudy summit Date Climbed: Jan 24, 2011 | |
| We left too early and were left shivering under the final steep ice/snow section for an hour waiting for the sun to rise. Got to the top in clouds but it was still an awesome climb up. Some of the ice formations are wild up there! | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2011 1:50 pm | ||
| SenadR | AWESOME! Date Climbed: Jan 26, 2011 | |
| new hight point for me,FANTASTIC WEATHER! I was preparing for this climb last few months, maybe i should go for Chimbo or Cayambe, but there is always next time. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2011 8:04 pm | ||
| tmfaust21 | Nice day Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2011 | |
| Great weather and a new high point for myself | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2011 6:49 pm | ||
| dbakwin | good day Date Climbed: Jan 11, 2011 | |
| it is the best way to spend your early morning | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2011 11:46 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Nice summit day! Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011 | |
| Climbed with Tilo and Katherine, both from Germany. I looked back down to Paulo PAROFES from time to time. He taught me a new Portuguese word “gostosa”. The weather was perfect, clear sky. Our climb was lit by a bright half-moon which showed us our way to follow. I barely used my headlamp. We got to the summit (5,897 m / 19,347 ft) at 6:30 am, exactly five and a half hours after leaving from the refuge. Awesome views of the crater and other mountains. Totally happy. I summited Illiniza Sur the following day. :) | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2011 3:27 pm | ||
| Inday | Success! Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011 | |
| Left the refuge at 1:10 am in two rope teams, one of three and the other of two, and summited in 4 hours and 40 minutes. We were first on summit that day, right in time for the sunrise! Absolutely breathtaking! | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2011 10:40 am | ||
| PAROFES | OK! Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011 | |
| Okay people insisted and i went up there. Summited solo in alpine style. Camp 100m outside the refuge... Almost frostbite on one finger, really crazy. Have to buy new gloves... Perfect and clear day. Back in the refuge by 09:45 am. Finaly.... :) Ah, and i did with a damn cold, my throat infected as hell... Now have to get some rest and get better... Bumped into Boris several times during the climb and together at the summit! | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2011 7:07 pm | ||
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| rgg | Re: OK! | |
| Congrats, Paulo! I told you it takes three times ... | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2011 8:41 am | ||
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| andre hangaard | Re: OK! | |
| Great work Paulo! I second Rob, it does take three times to climb this mountain :-) | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2011 4:50 pm | ||
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| PAROFES | Re: OK! | |
| You were right Rob! I got famous at the hut because i got to know all local guides and they all knew i was the brazilian climbing solo at the third attempt hehehe But for that time, i set up my tent around 100m far away from the refuge to do some good photos and enjoy some time alone. At the little fun ice climbing part close to the summit, i was soloing it with my ice tools and one guide liked and took several photos of me, i wish i could find him to get that photos hehehe... | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2011 10:30 am | ||
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| PAROFES | Re: OK! | |
| Thanks Andre! Rob was right, and Boris as well! | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2011 10:31 am | ||
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| tmfaust21 | Re: OK! | |
| Glad to heard the weather finally worked out for you! By the way, this is one of the US climbers from Tennessee. Met you at Central del Mundo. I finally took your advice and got a summitpost account. We flew out the morning you were going for the summit and the weather was awesome. We figured you were probably on the summit or just coming down as it was about 7am when we were flying out. good luck to you | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2011 6:46 pm | ||
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