Guagua/Rucu Pichincha Climber's Log
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| mtvalley | Rucu Pichincha  Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2012 | |
| Summitted Rucu with three others. A fun climb but be careful if you veer off the main trail as some of the 4th class stuff can be sketchy if it's wet. | |
| Posted Feb 5, 2012 2:01 pm | ||
| WDW4 | Acclimatization Hike of Rucu Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2012 | |
| Hiked up from the top of the Teleferico. Fun hike to test out the altitude. Enjoyed to rocky summit. | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2012 9:54 am | ||
| chicagosky | A good acclimatization climb Date Climbed: Dec 26, 2011 | |
| Nice views from the summit on a beautiful day. Was the first of my three climbs in Ecuador and is perfect for acclimatization before tackling some of the bigger peaks in Ecuador | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2012 8:40 am | ||
| MMclimbhigh | Rucu Date Climbed: Nov 26, 2011 | |
| Beautiful views of the Avenue of Volcanos. Had the summit all to ourselves. | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2011 4:38 pm | ||
| DiverDave | Guagua Pichincha Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2008 | |
| 4.5 miles round trip from trailhead to summit at (4781m/15682ft) feet and return. From truck to summit and return took 4 hours. Nice acclimatization hike for Cayambe, Cotopaxi, Corazon and beyond. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2011 8:11 am | ||
| ferbat | Rucu Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2010 | |
| Short 4-5 hour walk is you take the Teleferico | ||
| Posted Aug 12, 2011 5:12 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Fast ascent. Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2011 | |
| Climbed Rucu Pichincha by the Normal Route in 1 hour 10 minutes. (Exactly 2 hours RT). It was a fun run at high altitude. Got to the summit (4,698m / 15,413 ft.) just when the clouds rolled in but I met with Erik (USA) a fun guy from WY. Ran back to the trailhead (Teleferico) in a bit less than 50 minutes. I haven't climbed it solo in years. Mild weather, not sunny and windless. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2011 4:30 pm | ||
| mjp20k | Climbed twice Date Climbed: Feb 1, 1999 | |
| Climbed in 1999 and again in 2009. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2011 6:02 pm | ||
| wmolland | Fun climb Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2011 | |
| A fun climb, especially up the knife edge ridge towards the top. Quito looks small from the summit. | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2011 1:48 pm | ||
| tmfaust21 | Rucu Pichincha Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2010 | |
| Great way to end the year, got cloudy about 2 mins before the top though | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2011 7:03 pm | ||
| PAROFES | Guagua | |
| With Gavin. No views at all... I'm starting to think come here was a huge mistake, could be at Catamarca with better conditions doing 6000 peaks... | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2011 5:08 pm | ||
| Inday | Success on both Guagua and Rucu! Date Climbed: Jan 5, 2011 | |
| Successful summit of Guagua with Parofes, 1/5. Time to summit, 4000m to 4776m: 2 hours even. Successful summit of Rucu with Jergen and Peter, 1/4. Time to summit, 3850m to 4627m: 2 hours and 40 minutes. | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2011 12:08 pm | ||
| CBakwin | Yo Date Climbed: Jan 3, 2011 | |
| 3 hours up from the teleferico, 2 hours down. Socked in in fog all day today, and rained off and on. fun enough climb to acclimatize, intereesting little 4th class rocks at the top for a very short section. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2011 8:06 am | ||
| PAROFES | It was great! Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2011 | |
| By the normal route and close to the summit with a funny and easy rock climbing out of the route. After 4 airports, no dinner last night and no breakfast today... Quite tirying..but easy. Great views to Guagua Pichincha! Note: At the teleferico i measured 3.890 m of altitude (not 4100m) and at the summit of Rucu 4.702 m. Cheers! | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2011 4:30 pm | ||
| centrifuge | Rucu Pichincha - quick and fun Date Climbed: Dec 11, 2010 | |
| It was a fun scramble, esp if you veer off the cairned trail and start up the rock close to the saddle ridge. Good stuff! | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2010 10:29 am | ||
| rgg | Rucu Pichincha Date Climbed: Dec 7, 2010 | |
| Up the direct route and down the normal one, with Boriss and Liesbeth, who we met on the trail. This was the hardest route I ever climbed free. Later, I found out it was rated III-. Fun climb though, and a great morale booster. | |
| Posted Dec 13, 2010 5:46 pm | ||
| rgg | Guagua Pichincha Date Climbed: Dec 6, 2010 | |
| With Boriss and his son Boris. | |
| Posted Dec 13, 2010 5:40 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Direct route again! Date Climbed: Dec 7, 2010 | |
| Rob (HOL), Boris (my son) and I climbed Guagua Pichincha the day before. We saw Rucu in the distance. Rob (HOL) and I climbed Rucu´s direct route along with Liesbeth (BEL). Hanna (SWE) climbed by the normal route alone and waited for us there. Very nice scramble. Got to the top (4,698 m / 15,413) after two and a half hours after leaving the trailhead. Met with Hana at the summit and had some snaks for 30 minutes with a Swiss and a Polish. We got some hail on the way down, but nothing serious. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2010 4:32 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Guagua Pichincha! Date Climbed: Dec 6, 2010 | |
| It's been more than a year since I climbed Guagua Pichincha with andreeacorodeanu. Climbed with my son Boris and Rob (HOL). Perfect weather, just a bit windy at the summit (4,781 m / 15,682 ft). We saw a condor flying a few meters above us. Very enjoyable climb! | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2010 6:56 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Again, the direct route! Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2010 | |
| Wow!, missed climbing by this route!. Great weather and nice people up at the summit. Met with Mike (USA), my good friend I climbed Cotopaxi with a couple years ago. Got back by the normal route. | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2010 5:20 pm | ||
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