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| Boriss Andean | Lots of snow!!  Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2010 | |
| Climbed with Andrea (CAN). It snowed on the approaching to the summit. We had great views once we got to the top (5,126 m / 16,818 ft). Stayed 15 minutes up there and then we headed back to the refuge before another storm hit us. Alexander (EC), a 12 year old boy came along with us on this climb. Total climbing time: 2 and a half hours. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2010 6:22 pm | ||
| apachedino | Cloudy, but fun Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2010 | |
| Easier and cloudier than expected. Got one glorious peak at our future objective...Cotopaxi. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2010 8:31 pm | ||
| ncst | Nice hike - great views Date Climbed: Mar 1, 2010 | |
| Best views of my three weeks in Ecuador. I counted thirteen volcanoes around me. Wladimir drove me from his hostal Llovizna - I recommend to stay there - to the trailhead La Virgin. Started hiking at 6am. No snow, some wind at the summit with the cross. | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2010 6:27 pm | ||
| Liba Kopeckova | great hike | |
| great day, nice weather, pretty fast summit (Boriss predicted around 1 PM, and I was already in Quito taking a shower at that time). Hiked up/scrambled with Segundo (friend of Boriss = High Andean). | |
| Posted Feb 22, 2010 1:11 am | ||
| scottmitch | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2010 | |
| Climbed with Dustin and Ammon. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2010 1:16 pm | ||
| Ammon Hatch | Higest yet, more to come Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2010 | |
| 8 hours round trip from the parking lot. Lots of wind and no views due to clouds. Fun scrambling. The ´5.3´is high 4th class at best and can be soloed by anyone with technical climbing background and comfort with exposure. | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2010 5:05 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2010 | |
| Climbed with K'Ashem members from Guatemala (Deysi, Valesca, Alejandro and Ariel). Got to the top after 5 hours of leaving from the trailhead at La Virgen parking lot. Extremelly windy at the top (5,126 m / 16,818 ft). It was hard to keep ourselves straight. Got back to the parking lot by the north face in just one hour (6 hours RT from the parking lot). | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2010 4:09 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2009 | |
| Probably my last climb of Illiniza Norte of the year. I climbed from La Virgen parking lot with 6 Austrians. Very fast team, we left the trailhead at 5:45 am and got to the summit (5,126 m / 16,818 ft) at 9:45 am, 4 hours! It snowed all the way up to the summit. I found I huge boulder that felt 3 days before the climb, injuring a guide and his client. We headed back to the parking lot by the north face. (7 hours RT). | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2009 4:01 pm | ||
| Mathias Zehring | normal route Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2006 | |
| climbed with a german organized group from La Virgen. The direct descent through scree was fun! | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2009 1:28 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Dec 19, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Coral (USA). Our hike started from La Virgen parking lot at 5:45 am. It rainned during the whole approaching to the refuge. We started climbing from the refuge at 9:15 am. This time, it snowed during the approaching to the summit. A team from the Mountaineering Club of Caracas (Venezuela) almost kill us. They tried to climb straight up to the summit and threw three big rocks to the climbers below. Luckly nobody got hurt. Got to the summit (5,126 m / 16,818 ft) after 1 and a half hours of leaving the refuge. A pretty fast climb.. I enjoyed it! The mountain changed completely in minutes. Thick snow flakes covered Illiniza Norte and the trail. The Venezuelan Team got lost on their way down from the summit. They got to the refuge just before sunset. A great climb prior to our Illiniza Sur climb, the next day. | |
| Posted Dec 21, 2009 6:27 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Nov 15, 2009 | |
| Climbed with 9 french climbers and with Rafael (ECU). Got to the summit after 5 hours of hiking from La Virgen. Perfect weather. Conditions on the mountain were excellent, no snow at all. | |
| Posted Nov 16, 2009 9:37 am | ||
| tb00957 | normal route Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2009 | |
| There were three climbers descending the Illiniza Sur while we were at the summit. I would like to do that one next time. | ||
| Posted Nov 16, 2009 8:43 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Nov 10, 2009 | |
| Climbed with 5 germans, Bladimir and Jaime from Ecuador. Got to the summit (5,126 m / 16,818 ft) after 5 and a half hours of hiking and climbing. Great weather. Didn't find any snow in the mountain. Illiniza Sur is loosing its glacier pretty fast. I studied the route up carefully from Illiniza Norte's top. I'm thinking to climb Sur as soon as I have an off day. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2009 10:43 am | ||
| Epica | Back again.... Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2009 | |
| Second time to Illiniza to acclimatize for Cotopaxi. Took the normal route this time, with a quick break at the refuge. | |
| Posted Nov 10, 2009 4:12 pm | ||
| Epica | My highest peak so far... Date Climbed: Nov 2, 2008 | |
| Stayed at the Llovizna Lodge in El Chaupi and got a ride to the La Virgen trailhead. It was a very memorable climb. I was so happy to be on top of a mountain in Ecuador! | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2009 12:40 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Southestern ridge Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Ben, Dan, Steve and Duncan (ENG). We started at 4:30 am from La Virgen Parking Lot. Ben waited for us at the refuge while the rest of us pushed for the summit. A long day for me at work!.. it took us 9 hours to summit and to get back to the truck. Windy and cloudy, but we were lucky to see the surroundings from the summit (5,126 m/16,818 ft), including Chimborazo to the south. The weather got better on the way down and the following days. | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2009 3:22 pm | ||
| Shirley Lam | Normal route Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2009 | |
| A little sketchier than expected...fun stuff! We climbed Illiniza Sur earlier that morning and it was pretty darn cool to get such a great look at the route we took up the mountain. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2009 3:09 pm | ||
| camerona91 | Unsuccessful Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009 | |
| Horrible weather and a stomach flu combined to stop us from climbing Iliniza Norte during our time in El Chaupi. Made it to the ridge while looking for the refuge, but could not find it in the whiteout. Stomach flu stopped attempt 2 days later. Brutal weather in the Iliniza area for the week we were around Quilotoa Loop and El Chaupi. Will have to come back one day... | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2009 5:41 pm | ||
| grabbs146 | route climbed:normal route Date Climbed: Dec 4, 2008 | |
| great climb!!! Had a good time on the way down till the thunderstorm rolled in. I can't wait to go back and repeat this climb. | |
| Posted Mar 25, 2009 10:23 am | ||
| Groundswell | empty mountain | |
| climbed around june of 02 with hans and jon. no other climbers the whole time-just how we like it | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2009 5:43 pm | ||
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